$$ · everyday prep, trimming, and carving
Slice against the grain cleanly every time
Slicing steak, trimming small amounts of fat, chopping aromatics, and general kitchen work.
Victorinox Fibrox Pro 8-Inch Chef's Knife
These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.
Both cured pork legs; Presunto de Barrancos is the Portuguese-Iberian dry-cured tradition, gammon the British brine-cured tradition.
These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.
| Country | Gammon | Presunto de Barrancos |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | — | Barrancos ham |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Gammon | Barrancos ham |
| 🇫🇷France | — | Jambon de Barrancos |
| 🇪🇸Spain | — | Jamón de Barrancos |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | — | Presunto de Barrancos |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | — | Presunto de Barrancos |
| 🇮🇹Italy | — | Prosciutto di Barrancos |
$$ · everyday prep, trimming, and carving
Slicing steak, trimming small amounts of fat, chopping aromatics, and general kitchen work.
Victorinox Fibrox Pro 8-Inch Chef's Knife
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