Pork Stew 400g
Large-chunk Russian-style pork tushenka, 400g tin. Premium pieces of pork slow-stewed in their own juices with bay leaf and pepper — the classic shelf-stable pantry staple for buckwheat, potatoes, pasta, soups and campfire meals.
Large-Chunk Pork Stew 400g
Premium pieces of pork slow-cooked in their own juices — the classic Russian-style tushenka, just open and eat.
LARGE-CHUNK · PORK STEW · 400 G
What it is
This 400g tin holds large, recognisable pieces of pork stewed slowly in their own juices — the krupnokuskovaya (large-chunk) grade of tushenka, prized for showing whole muscle fibres rather than a paste of trimmings. Open the can and you should see firm cubes of lean meat suspended in a layer of cooled, set jelly, with a thin cap of natural pork fat on top that softens the moment it meets heat.
Tushenka is one of the great pantry workhorses of the Russian and Soviet kitchen: pre-cooked, shelf-stable, ready to turn into a meal in five minutes. Tip it onto a hot pan with onion and let the jelly melt into gravy, then stir into buckwheat (grechka), boiled potatoes, pasta, rice or fresh-cooked macaroni po-flotski. It also rescues a thin soup, fortifies a campfire stew, and goes straight into a sandwich with bread and mustard when nothing else is in the fridge.
Ingredients
Pork (large-chunk), pork fat, water, salt, bay leaf, black pepper. Typical tushenka recipe with no soya filler and no artificial colour.
Recipes vary by batch and producer — the printed label on the tin is always the authoritative source for the exact ingredient list.
Nutrition (per 100 g)
| Energy | ~1000 kJ / ~240 kcal |
| Fat | ~20 g |
| of which saturates | ~7 g |
| Carbohydrate | <1 g |
| of which sugars | <1 g |
| Protein | ~14 g |
| Salt | ~1.5 g |
Indicative values — pack label is authoritative.
Allergens & storage
Contains: no statutory UK allergens declared in a typical recipe. Produced in a facility that may also handle milk, soya, mustard and celery — check the pack for a cross-contact statement.
Store in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight. Refrigerate after opening and consume within 24–48 hours.
Net weight: 400g
Spoon onto hot buckwheat, stir once, lift the lid of memory.
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