The introduction of the jerky in Cuba was made in the 18th century to feed the black slaves from Africa, who worked in the cultivation of sugar cane. This jerky was imported to Cuba from Brazil and Uruguay. The meat that was used in ancient times was scraps and very low quality meat, so its texture was dry, fibrous and with a peculiar smell of cured meat. Despite this, because it does not require refrigeration and because of its nutritional qualities and pleasant flavor, the consumption of jerk meat spread to rural communities and later to cities. This meant that over the years this dish, very rich in protein and with a characteristic flavor, took root in the less fortunate population and that, due to its peculiarity in its conservation and easy handling in the kitchen, it became a typical and traditional dish. in Cuban culinary culture.

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When Cuba stopped importing this product, many families learned to make homemade beef jerky, salting and drying the meat in the sun, in different ways, until private individuals were prohibited from slaughtering cattle. That is one of the reasons why horse meat began to be used to make jerky on the island. The main way to consume this jerky was in the form of a club since the jerky was very hard and had to be boiled. and then hit it hard with a mallet or club to soften and fray it. Also, the beef jerky was an important ingredient of the Cuban ajiaco, very famous at that time.

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Peñasco Tasajo rescues that historical legacy of our ancestors and revives this culinary tradition, enclosing in itself the best of those past times with the present. Peñasco Tasajo is produced with an ancestral family recipe, it is made with top quality cuts of beef, managing to fuse that characteristic flavor of salty and matured meat with a soft and delicate texture and a delicious, superior and exquisite aroma.

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Unlike the traditional Creole beef that was consumed in Cuba, the gourmet beef that we offer is made with the same ancestral technique, but using top quality beef and the use of modern technology has allowed us to obtain an excellent quality product. and conservation with a texture, a softer smell and an exquisite flavor capable of pleasing the taste of the most demanding customer. These characteristics allow that, with Peñasco Tasajo, our gourmet beef jerky, a greater number of cooking recipes can be prepared, for example, the so-called fried cow, ropa vieja, meat with potatoes, stewed meat and others, after properly desalting it.

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Due to its gourmet characteristics, Peñasco Tasajo becomes a unique product of excellence that manages to mark its own distinctive quality seal, softness, flavor and tenderness that is achieved through top quality cuts of beef.