Sifat Fisik dan Organoleptik Dendeng Giling Daging Domba dengan Suhu dan Waktu Pengeringan yang Berbeda

Abstract

Lamb is one of good sources of protein, but this potency hasn’t fully utilized in Indonesia. This may due to the smell of the meat itself. In order to overcome these problem, the meat can be processed in some ways, which one of them is dendeng. Dendeng is one way of meat preservation methods that have been widely known among Indonesian. The preservation process for dendeng is done by drying. The drying process commonly uses heat, however meat is sensitive to the heat. Therefore it is important to balance the drying time with the level of temperature to produce good result. The purpose of this research was to study the effect of level of temperature and the drying time on the physical and organoleptics charactheristic of lamb dendeng. Randomized Block Design in factorial pattern 2 x 3 and three replications was used in data analysis. Physical characteristics which have been observed were rendement, colour, moisture content, water activity and texture (hardness) of lamb dendeng. Organoleptic parameters observed were colour, taste, aroma, texture (tender ness) and general acceptance of lamb dendeng. Analysis of variance shows that the treatments significantly increased the hardness and decreased the moisture content, water activity and rendement of lamb dendeng. The organoleptic test shows that the treatments effects were significantly different on colour, tenderness and aroma of lamb dendeng.