World Flavors Cookbook

Basturma (Cured Beef)

Name: Basturma (Cured Beef)
Cuisine: Armenia
Ingredients: 2 kg beef eye of round or sirloin; Coarse salt; Chaman paste: ground fenugreek, garlic, paprika, cumin, water

Highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef coated in a thick, spicy garlic and fenugreek paste called chaman.

Cuisine: Armenia

Ingredients

2 kg beef eye of round or sirloin
Coarse salt
Chaman paste: ground fenugreek, garlic, paprika, cumin, water

Instructions

1. Salt the beef heavily and let it sit under a weight for 3 days. 2. Rinse and hang the beef to air-dry for 1 week. 3. Coat the entire piece of beef in a 1-inch layer of chaman paste. 4. Hang again to dry for another 2-3 weeks. 5. Slice paper-thin to serve.