In Polish cuisine, baleron is a cold cut from cured and smoked of boneless pork neck [pl] [1] After ham, baleron is the second most valued cold cut in Poland.
The cross-section of the final product is marbled meat.
[1] Polish sources describe a more complicated process.
[4] Newer dictionaries derive it from German Ballen-rolle.
[5][6] Several balerons are registered as protected traditional food by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development: