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GammonvsJambon de Bayonne

pork · Close equivalent

These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.

Both cured European pork legs, but Bayonne is dry-cured and air-aged for raw consumption, while gammon is brined for cooked consumption.

Translation takeaway

These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.

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Gammon
Pork · Leg

The British cured-leg-of-pork tradition — the rear leg of the pig is wet-cured (brined) or dry-cured, then sold raw to be cooked at home. Once boiled, baked, or…

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Jambon de Bayonne
Pork · Leg

France's PGI dry-cured ham, made from pigs raised in the Adour basin in southwestern France. Salt-cured (with salt from the Salies-de-Béarn salt springs), then air-dried for at…

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Names by country

CountryGammonJambon de Bayonne
🇺🇸United StatesBayonne ham
🇬🇧United KingdomGammonBayonne ham
🇫🇷FranceJambon de Bayonne
🇪🇸SpainJamón de Bayona
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón de Bayona
🇲🇽MexicoJamón de Bayona
🇵🇹PortugalPresunto de Bayonne
🇧🇷BrazilPresunto de Bayonne
🇮🇹ItalyProsciutto di Bayonne
🇩🇪GermanyBayonne-Schinken

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$$ · everyday prep, trimming, and carving

Slice against the grain cleanly every time

Slicing steak, trimming small amounts of fat, chopping aromatics, and general kitchen work.

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