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GammonvsPresunto de Barrancos

pork · Close equivalent

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.

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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Presunto de Barrancos
Pork · Leg

Portugal's PGI-protected cured ham, made from the rear leg of the *porco preto Alentejano* — the Portuguese black pig, closely related to the Spanish Iberian pig and one of the…

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Names by country

CountryGammonPresunto de Barrancos
🇺🇸United StatesBarrancos ham
🇬🇧United KingdomGammonBarrancos ham
🇫🇷FranceJambon de Barrancos
🇪🇸SpainJamón de Barrancos
🇵🇹PortugalPresunto de Barrancos
🇧🇷BrazilPresunto de Barrancos
🇮🇹ItalyProsciutto di Barrancos

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