Since meat is a perishable product, residents of different countries have become sophisticated in developing methods for storing this nutritious component of food that a person needs to maintain a normal physical and mental state.
That is how the sausages and sausages beloved by many appeared. Next, we dwell on the latter in more detail and find out which sausage is the most expensive in the world.
Sausage background
Actually, the recipe for the preparation of the named product has come down to us since ancient times. For many centuries, people have tried to create ways to prepare tasty and non-perishable food. A special place in these tests was taken by meat products. Since meat is an integral part of the human diet, a person tried to extend its shelf life through unique methods. Thanks to the Chinese invention (not at all German, contrary to universal stereotypes), the world received meat products in the form of sausages and sausages. Heat treatment is the key to storing a perishable product.
Types of sausages and the most expensive sausage in the world
There are many types of sausages - cooked, smoked and semi-smoked. Their differences are in the methods of manufacture and meat used for cooking.
However, the most expensive sausage is considered to be dried. The fact is that the method of its preparation is quite energy-consuming and lengthy. In addition, it does not include any known processing methods such as smoking or frying.
The high price of this product is quite justified, because the finished semi-finished product must dry in specially created conditions for this. All of these procedures can take about several months. For the preparation of dry-cured sausages, only selected high-quality meat is used. And due to the substances contained in the brine for soaking, the most expensive sausage acquires a slight acidity.
By the way, from the time of the Middle Ages a jerky product was considered an ideal food option for travelers, warriors, shepherds, hunters who did not have such an opportunity as self-cooking fresh food. This type of sausage is today considered one of the most refined and delicious among its less elite meat "brothers."
Where can I find the most expensive product?
If you set out to try the most expensive sausage, then perhaps you should go for it to Germany, since the most expensive products are by no means carbonates and sausages, which are obtained from meat from animals grown in ecologically clean meadows. And it’s not at all basturma, which is prepared manually in the mountainous regions, and then sent to the best restaurants in Moscow (by the way, this is one of the most expensive sausages in Russia).
The most expensive product in the world can be found in a restaurant in Dusseldorf, which offers its visitors a "golden" menu. The dishes presented in this list are covered with a thin layer of gilding. It is not surprising that the cost of such a meal is not cheaper than the cost of one engagement ring.
By the way, the tradition of coating products with gold originated in Ancient Greece: it was believed that gold helps in the fight against digestive tract problems, and also strengthens tooth enamel.
Sausages of glorious England
Another contender for the title of the most expensive sausage in the world (the top 10 has not yet been announced, but two rivals are already precisely identified) is considered a permanent dish in the menu of the English restaurant L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (London). It is made from pigs of the Iberico breed. The meat is marinated in wine of the Bordeaux variety with 16-year aging with the addition of dried mushrooms. The taste is really wonderful, as noted by those who have tried this sausage product, only the sum of one portion will cost a third of the monthly budget of a family with an average income.
Russian realities
If you walk through the most elite sausages in the post-Soviet space, you can identify the next ten products that you will only find on the table with the rich and people with an income above the average.
So, the top 10 sausages that you can try on the territory of Russia (cost per 1 kilogram):
- "Swiss" - the cost of about 1870 rubles.
- "Polar" (venison sausage) - about 2500 rubles.
- "Kazi" (sausage in Tatar) - about 1980 rubles.
- “Fillet” sausage - the cost is about 2115 rubles.
- Meinen with Camembert cheese with nuts (sausage sliced) - about 4835 rubles.
- Sausage "Meinen Triangoli" (Switzerland) - the cost is identical to the previous one.
- Meinen (sausage with wine from Switzerland) - the cost is about 5460 rubles.
- Parte (venison sausage) - the cost is about 5105 rubles.
- "Meinen Lioba" (salami with herbs and honey) - the cost is about 6195 rubles.
- "Hunting" (roe sausage) - about 9845 rubles.
As this list shows, it is Hunter’s that is the most expensive sausage product available in the mass markets of large cities in Russia. Of course, not everyone can afford such a treat, given the fact that the salaries of some people do not exceed 10 thousand per month.