Salo

Name: Salo
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Ukraine
Ingredients: 500g pork back fat with skin; 3 tbsp coarse sea salt; 1 head garlic, crushed; 2 tsp black pepper, cracked; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 bay leaf crumbled

Ukraine

Deeply embedded in Ukrainian culture. There are festivals and museums dedicated to it.

Cured pork fat — rubbed with garlic, salt and black pepper, left to cure for days. Ukraine's most ancient preserved food, eaten thinly sliced on rye bread.

Prep

10 mins

Cook

0 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

380 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

500gpork back fat with skin

3 tbspcoarse sea salt

1 headgarlic, crushed

2 tspblack pepper, cracked

1 tspsmoked paprika

1 bay leafcrumbled

Method

Score the fat in a crosshatch pattern. Rub thoroughly with salt, garlic, pepper and paprika.

Wrap tightly in cling film. Refrigerate 3-5 days, turning daily.

Unwrap and scrape off excess salt. Wrap in paper.

Slice paper-thin with a sharp knife. Serve on rye bread with garlic and pickled cucumber.

Chef's Tip

Freeze slightly before slicing — frozen fat cuts much more cleanly and thinly.

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