is pastrami processed meat
Pastrami sandwich at the Carnegie Deli. Pastrami (Turkish: pastÄ±rma, Romanian: pastramÄ, Bulgarian: Ð¿Ð°ÑÑÑÑÐ¼Ð°) is a meat product usually made from beef, and sometimes from pork, mutton or turkey. The raw meat is brined, partially dried, seasoned with herbs and spices, then smoked and steamed.In the United States, although beef plate is the traditional cut of meat for making pastrami, it is now common to see it made from beef brisket, beef round, and turkey.t is cured in brine, coated with a mix of spices such as garlic, coriander, black pepper, paprika, cloves, allspice, and mustard seed, and then smoked. Finally, the meat is steamed until the connective tissues within the meat break down into gelatin.