Skilandis is the smoked pork stomach of Sumeliškės: Lithuania's only protected AOC food product, made of seasoned pork meat stuffed into pig's stomach and cold-smoked for months.
Skilandis (Sumeliškės skilandis specifically) is the only Lithuanian food product with the EU's protected designation of origin (PDO). The Sumeliškės village near Vilnius has made it since the 17th century. The pork meat is mixed with garlic and herbs, stuffed into pig's stomach and cold-smoked over alder wood for two to four months. Find it sliced thinly at Halės Turgus smoked-meat stalls and on heritage menus across Vilnius.
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