In Polish cuisine, baleron is a cold cut from cured and smoked of boneless pork neck [pl] [1] After ham, baleron is the second most valued cold cut in Poland.[2]

Baleron slice
Polish cuts of pork. Pork neck is cut #2
British cuts of pork, for comparison

Preparation

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The Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences summarizes its preparation as follows. It is dry-cured, then immersed in the brine for 8–10 days, then drained, stuffed in a casing, smoked in warm smoke, cooked, and cooled. The cross-section of the final product is marbled meat.[1] Polish sources describe a more complicated process.[3]

Etymology

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pronunciation

Older Polish dictionaries derived the word from the French word paleron for chuck steak.[4] Newer dictionaries derive it from German Ballen-rolle.[5][6]

Registered products

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Several balerons are registered as protected traditional food by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development:

  • 2008: Smoked baleron from Masurian butcher shops[7]
  • 2008: Baleron nadwieprzański (baleron from over the Wieprz River)[8]
  • 2014: Smoked baleron from Proszówki[9]
  • 2016: Smoked baleron from Wisznice
    Quote: "Meat from pork neck (after removing the bones), cured, placed in a bladder and smoked, brown in color with a shade of dark cherry, dark pink in cross-section, slightly juicy consistency, soft, salty taste. Smoked necessarily in a smokehouse fired with alder wood."[10]
  • 2019: Baleron from Płock[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Devine, Carrick; Dikeman, M. (19 August 2004). "Polish Baleron". Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences. Academic Press. p. 950. ISBN 9780080924441.
  2. ^ Małgorzata Michalik, Marek Łebkowski, Mała encyklopedia sztuki kulinarnej, Wydawnictwo Tenten, 1996, p. 371. ISBN 83-86628-33-2.
  3. ^ Kazimierz Stańczyk, Baleron wędzony gotowany, Mięsne Technologie, Spring 2014
  4. ^ SŁOWNIK JEŻYKA POLSKIEGO, 1900, Internet Archive
  5. ^ Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego, p.181
  6. ^ Słownik wyrazów obcych p.105
  7. ^ Baleron wędzony z mazurskiej masarni
  8. ^ Baleron nadwieprzański
  9. ^ Baleron wędzony z Proszówek
  10. ^ Lubelskie ze smakiem. Produkty regionalne i tradycyjne, p. 8.
  11. ^ "Baleron płocki". Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 May 2021.