Liha töötlemine
meat pieces are used (Ferreira et al. 2007). Central European
Alheiras, a traditional, smoked, semidry fer-
Germany
mented sausage produced from pork and
other types of meat whose origin dates back Sausage quality is characterized by the use of
to the fifteenth century, is an important eco- valuable parts of the carcass, so that the
nomic resource with a production of more drying stage is not an obligately important
than 500 tons/year (Ferreira et al. 2006). feature for quality. Although the manufacture
Painho de Portalegre is a smoked dry sausage of fermented sausages began only 160 years
containing paprika and garlic produced using ago, Germany is a major producer of fer-
pork meat from the Alentejano pig breed mented meat products that accounts for 40%
(Roseiro et al. 2008). Most of these products of European production. Most semidry fer-
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