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Pastourma

Pastourma is a strongly seasoned, air-dried cured meat commonly sliced thin and served as a meze or savory ingredient.

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About Pastourma

Pastourma is a cured meat that is pressed, air-dried, and coated with a strongly seasoned paste, commonly made with fenugreek, garlic, paprika, and other spices. Beef is the usual base, although regional versions may use other meats. It is used as a meze, sandwich filling, or savoury ingredient.

The interior is firm, dense, dark red, and intensely savoury. Thin slices have a concentrated cured-meat taste and chewy texture, while the surface spice coating contributes a pungent, garlicky, earthy flavour. The blend and intensity vary by regional formulation.

Pastourma may be sold whole, in blocks, or pre-sliced. It is generally sliced very thin for meze platters, sandwiches, eggs, pastries, and cooked savoury dishes. Cooking incorporates its seasoning into the surrounding preparation and can alter its texture.

Ingredient type
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Pastourma nutrition & diet

Pastourma nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Beef, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
154kcal
Protein
22.1g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
7.2g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Use a reference for the exact cured meat, sliced edible portion, and preparation rather than treating pastourma as interchangeable with other dried meats. Brand and regional recipe affect trimming, seasoning paste, curing, drying, and any cooking or frying before serving.

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Diet considerations

Pastourma is animal-derived cured meat, but the species and recipe should be confirmed. Compatibility changes with seasoning paste, added cereal or starch, sugar, dairy, or other binders, and with cooking fats. Its concentrated, sliced serving pattern differs from a fresh meat portion and may alter carbohydrate exposure when coated or served in bread.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Beef. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Beef. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Beef. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.2.2.1_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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