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GammonvsWestfälischer Schinken

pork · Close equivalent

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

Both cured pork legs; Westfälischer is cold-smoked over juniper/beech, gammon is wet-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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Westfälischer Schinken
Pork · Leg

Germany's other PGI cured ham, from the Westphalian region in North Rhine-Westphalia — the second iconic German Schinken alongside Schwarzwälder. Made from pigs traditionally fed…

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Names by country

CountryGammonWestfälischer Schinken
🇺🇸United States—Westphalian ham
🇬🇧United KingdomGammonWestphalian ham
🇫🇷France—Jambon de Westphalie
🇮🇹Italy—Prosciutto di Westfalia
🇩🇪Germany—Westfälischer Schinken

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