Bindenfleisch

Bindenfleisch

Bindenfleisch, also known as Bündnerfleisch or Viande des Grisons, is an air dried meat that is produced in the Grisons canton of Switzerland.

Production

The main ingredient is beef, taken from the animal’s upper thigh or shoulder, the fat and the sinews being removed. Prior to drying the meat is treated with white wine and seasonings such as salt, onion and assorted herbs. The initial drying process, lasting 3 – 5 weeks, takes place in sealed containers stored at a temperature close to freezing point. The meat is regularly rearranged during this stage, in order to ensure that the salt and seasonings will be evenly distributed and absorbed. During a second drying phase the meat is then hung in free flowing air at a temperature of between 9 and 14 degrees Celsius. It is also periodically pressed in order to separate out residual moisture: from this pressing Bündnerfleisch acquires its characteristic rectangular shape. Traditionally Bündnerfleisch was not a smoked meat.

The extent of water loss during the salting and drying processes, whereby the product loses approximately half of its initial weight, is sufficient to confer excellent keeping qualities and a high nutritional value, without the need for any additional preservatives.

Consumption

Bündnerfleisch is served with bread, sliced very thinly. It can also be served in soup, cut into strips or little cubes.

Commercialisation

Most Bündnerfleisch is consumed inside Switzerland, but some is exported within Europe, to the United States and to Japan.

Variants

Bündnerfleisch appears to be related to the dried meat product from the Besançon region of France known as 'brési'.It is also very similar to Bresaola, which is produced in the neighbouring Italian province of Valtellina; unlike Bündnerfleisch, bresaola is not pressed, though.

ee also

*Dried meat

References

Davidson, Alan (1999). Oxford Companion to Food, "Bindenfleisch", p. 74


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