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Speck can refer to a number of European cured pork products, typically salted and air-cured and often lightly smoked but not cooked.
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/ref> The term "speck" became part of popular parlance only in the eighteenth century and replaced the older term "bachen", a cognate of " bacon".
(accessed 9 January 2008) * Schinkenspeck, German "ham bacon", typically made from a flat cut of ham with fat along one side resembling bacon, and traditionally soaked for several days in brine with juniper berries and peppercorn, * Speck Sauris PGI, from Sauris,
German) (accessed 9 January 2008) * Ukrainian salo * Proshute, Albanian speck
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Speck can refer to a number of European cured pork products, typically salted and air-cured and often lightly smoked but not cooked.
In Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, speck is pickled pork fat with or without some meat in it. Throughout much of the rest of Europe and parts of the English-speaking culinary world, speck often refers to South Tyrolean speck, a type of smoked prosciutto
''Prosciutto crudo'', in English often shortened to prosciutto ( , ), is Italian uncooked, unsmoked, and dry-cured ham. ''Prosciutto crudo'' is usually served thinly sliced.
Several regions in Italy have their own variations of ''prosciutto crud ...
.Speck - Smoked Prosciutto/ref> The term "speck" became part of popular parlance only in the eighteenth century and replaced the older term "bachen", a cognate of " bacon".
Regional varieties
There are a number of regional varieties of speck, including: * Bacon, e.g. ''Frühstücksspeck'' ("breakfast speck") in Germany * Gailtaler speck fromAustria
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, with ''PGI'' status, which has been made since the 15th century in the Gail
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Valley ("Gailtal") in CarinthiaLebensmittelnet.at - Gailtaler Speck(accessed 9 January 2008) * Schinkenspeck, German "ham bacon", typically made from a flat cut of ham with fat along one side resembling bacon, and traditionally soaked for several days in brine with juniper berries and peppercorn, * Speck Sauris PGI, from Sauris,
Friuli
Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giuli ...
, Italy
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* Speck Alto Adige PGI
Speck Alto Adige PGI (Ladin language: Cioce or Ciociul; German: Südtiroler Speck g.g.A.) is a dry-cured, lightly smoked ham produced in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Parts of its production are regulated by the European Union under the protected g ...
, from South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
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, Italy
* Tyrolean Speck
Tyrolean Speck is a distinctively juniper-flavored ham originally from Tyrol, a historical region that since 1918 partially lies in Italy. Its origins at the intersection of two culinary worlds is reflected in its synthesis of salt-curing and s ...
from Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
's Tyrol region, which has ''PGI'' status, and has been made since at least the 15th centuryAustria Tourist Info - TirolGerman) (accessed 9 January 2008) * Ukrainian salo * Proshute, Albanian speck
Jewish deli speck
InAshkenazi Jewish cuisine
Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine is an assortment of cooking traditions that was developed by the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern, Central, Western, Northern, and Southern Europe, and their descendants, particularly in the United States and other Western coun ...
, in which bacon (like all pork) is forbidden as unkosher, "speck" commonly refers to the subcutaneous fat on a brisket
Brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal. The beef brisket is one of the nine beef primal cuts, though the definition of the cut differs internationally. The brisket muscles include the superficial and deep pectora ...
of beef. It is a particular speciality of delis serving Montreal-style smoked meat
Montreal-style smoked meat, Montreal smoked meat or simply smoked meat in Quebec (French: ''smoked-meat''; sometimes ''viande fumée'' or even ''bœuf mariné'': Literally “marinated beef”) is a type of kosher-style deli meat product made ...
, where slices of the fatty cut are served in sandwiches on rye bread with mustard, sometimes in combination with other, leaner cuts./ref>
See also
*List of dried foods
This is a list of dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when d ...
* List of smoked foods
References
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