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GammonvsJamón ibérico de bellota

pork · Close equivalent

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

Both cured pork legs (same anatomical primal); ibérico is dry-cured for raw consumption, gammon is brine-cured for cooked consumption.

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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Jamón ibérico de bellota
Pork · Leg

Spain's most prestigious cured ham, made from Iberian black pigs (cerdo ibérico) fed exclusively on acorns (bellotas) during the montanera season. The acorn diet produces deep,…

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Names by country

CountryGammonJamón ibérico de bellota
🇺🇸United StatesJamón ibérico
🇬🇧United KingdomGammonJamón ibérico
🇫🇷FranceJambon ibérique
🇪🇸SpainJamón ibérico de bellota
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón ibérico
🇲🇽MexicoJamón ibérico
🇵🇹PortugalPresunto ibérico de bolota
🇧🇷BrazilPresunto ibérico
🇮🇹ItalyProsciutto iberico
🇩🇪GermanyIberico-Schinken

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