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These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.
Both cured European pork legs, but Black Forest ham is cold-smoked over fir and eaten raw, while gammon is wet-cured (sometimes lightly smoked) and eaten cooked.
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 | Schwarzwälder Schinken |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | — | Black Forest ham |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Gammon | Black Forest ham |
| 🇫🇷France | — | Jambon de la Forêt-Noire |
| 🇪🇸Spain | — | Jamón de la Selva Negra |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | — | Presunto da Floresta Negra |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | — | Presunto da Floresta Negra |
| 🇮🇹Italy | — | Speck della Foresta Nera |
| 🇩🇪Germany | — | Schwarzwälder Schinken |
$$ · 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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