Western Gourmet Sliced Bastourma (Cured & Dried Beef), 8 oz (227g)

🧊 Keep refrigerated. Cook before eating — to an internal temperature of 158°F. In-store collection or local delivery only.

Bastourma — pastırma — is beef cured in salt, pressed, air-dried and then packed in a thick crust of garlic, paprika and fenugreek. Armenian, Turkish and Levantine kitchens all claim it. Western Gourmet slice it thin and vacuum pack it in Los Angeles under USDA inspection.

• 8 oz (227 g), pre-sliced
• Beef, water, salt — rubbed with garlic, spices and paprika
• Made in the USA under USDA inspection (EST. 645)

Cooking it

Lay the slices in a dry pan over medium heat until the fat runs and the edges curl, cooked through to 158°F. Then eggs, in the Armenian way — the spice crust melts into the yolk. Also good folded into a flatbread with tomato and parsley.

Ingredients

Beef, water, salt, sodium nitrite. Surface rubbed with garlic, spices and paprika.

Allergens

No allergens are declared on the pack.

Made in USA. Western Gourmet, KMC Brand, Los Angeles.