Pork cooked in its own fat and stored in sealed terracotta pots, a Macedonian preservation technique predating refrigeration. The slow-rendered pork absorbs its own rendered lard, herbs, and spices during cooking and storage. Served spread on country bread with pickled peppers as a cold meze, or heated for a warm plate.
2 editor picks for Kavourmas in Thessaloniki, ranked by editorial score. All Thessaloniki signature dishes · Kavourmas across every city.
Ouzeri Tsinari ★ 4.5
ano-poli · Alexandras Papadopoulou 72, Thessaloniki 546 33
Tsinari has stood on this Ano Poli corner since 1865, originally a cafe during the Ottoman period. The same family has run it since 1990, the wood stove still fires, and the tzigerosarmas (lamb liver wrapped in caul fat) remains on the menu.
Nea Folia ★ 4.3
ano-poli · Aristomenous 4, Thessaloniki
Operating since 1967 on the edge of Ano Poli, Nea Folia serves dishes that have largely vanished from city-centre menus: liver with cabbage, kavourmas of Xanthi beef, smoked mackerel with samphire. Wednesday to Sunday only.