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Dark-grey bovine with curved horns and a loose dewlap standing in grass.

Manzo della Sila

Sila beef belongs to Calabria’s mountain cooking, with Podolica cattle among the breeds raised on the plateau.

Animal
Beef cattle
Where it is made
Sila plateau, Calabria
Documented breed example
Podolica

Podolica cattle on the plateau

Sila National Park identifies Podolica cattle among the plateau’s livestock and places beef alongside sheep and pork in its account of mountain cooking. This is a regional beef reference, rather than one breed, cut or aging standard shared by every producer.

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