The whole truth about cheeses with Paulius Ruškys

The whole truth about cheeses with Paulius Ruškys

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Spanish fuet sausage „Fuet Espatec Extra Sola“

It is example of the excellent Spanish meat product. Cured sausage "Fuet" are made by the hundreds years old recipes.

Country of origin

Spain

Aging period

months

Meat type

pork

Certificate

TSG

Certificates

The PDO, PGI and TSG certificates have been established by the European Union to encourage the production of agricultural products, protect product names from imitation and provide the consumer with information about the unique characteristics of a particular product. By virtue of this classification, you can be sure that a product bearing one of these authenticity marks is of a high quality and of the same origin.

TSG

Traditional speciality guaranteed

Emphasizes traditional features, both in terms of composition or production facilities.

Certificates
by country

France

53 PDO, 33 PGI

Italy

81 PDO, 26 PGI

Spain

35 PDO, 18 PGI

United Kingdom

10 PDO, 13 PGI

Netherlands

4 PDO, 3 PGI

Germany

6 PDO, 25 PGI

Austria

9 PDO, 2 PGI

Denmark

4 PGI

History and uniqueness

Fuet (Catalan pronunciation) is a Catalan thin, dry cured, sausage of pork meat in a pork gut. The most famous is made in the comarca (county) of Osona and is also known as Vic fuet (fuet de Vic, after the city of Vic, capital of Osona). It is flavored with black pepper and garlic, and sometimes aniseed (anise), but unlike Chorizo contains no paprika. Other places that have long tradition of making it are the city of Olot and the surrounding zones. Sola one is small producer in Vic region.

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