Pastrami herbs for authentic meat products of Romanian origin

With the pastrami spices that you can order online from us, you can prepare special meat products that have their origin in Romania. Pastrami is salted and smoked beef. You eat it as a spread. Although making these meats yourself is quite a job, the pastrami spices that you can buy online at Natural Spices make the job a lot easier for you. You can order them in a package of 500 grams or 1.5 kilos.

What are pastrami spices?

Pastrami spices are a ready-to-use spice mix for seasoning the pastrami. The mix consists of a selection of herbs and spices and corn starch. The latter serves as a binding agent. In the herb mix you can taste paprika, onion, coriander, oregano, basil and garlic. Salt and pepper are also part of the pastrami herbs. In this way it gets its delicious, spicy flavour. There is no standard quantity to use. You add the spices to the meat to taste.

The origin of pastrami and pastrami spices

It was formerly made from mutton. The main purpose of the curing was to preserve the meat. Today, in most cases beef is used instead of mutton. This is also the case in Romania, where, incidentally, pork is also used. Although there are different types of herb mixes, our herb mix contains exactly those ingredients that real connoisseurs believe should not be missing. Garlic and basil, in particular, are seen as the essential seasoning ingredients of pastrami herbs.

Curing, seasoning and smoking

Pastrami herbs make it a little easier to make pastrami yourself. After all, making this spread is an extensive job of curing, seasoning and smoking. You need a smoker to make these meats. After seasoning you need to give the spices time to penetrate the meat. For this you use vacuum bags, which you can also order online from us. The spread is especially popular in the United States. It is often served there with relish. Don't you like that? Then you can simply finish your sandwich with mayonnaise or horseradish. It also combines well with sauerkraut, cheese and mustard. Usually you cover your bread with fairly thick slices. This way you can taste the flavour of the meat and the pastrami spices even better. In addition, the structure of this special piece of meat is visible on your plate.