Cecina (meat)

Cecina

Cecina
Course	Appetiser
Place of origin	Spain
Region or state	León
Serving temperature	Room temperature (approximately 15–20 °C or 60–70 °F)
Main ingredients	Cow
Variations	Jamón
Media: Cecina

In Spanish, cecina [θeˈθina] is meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke. The word comes from the Latin siccus (dry),^[1] via Vulgar Latin (caro) *siccīna, "dry (meat)".^[2]