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Jambon de BayonnevsJamón ibérico de bellota

pork · Close equivalent

Both Iberian-influenced cured hams from southwestern Europe; ibérico de bellota uses the Iberian black pig and cures longer.

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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Raw Jambon de Bayonne — Pork Leg cut
Jambon de Bayonne
Pork · Leg

France's PGI dry-cured ham, made from pigs raised in the Adour basin in southwestern France. Salt-cured (with salt from the Salies-de-Béarn salt springs), then air-dried for at…

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Raw Jamón ibérico de bellota — Pork Leg cut
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

CountryJambon de BayonneJamón ibérico de bellota
🇺🇸United StatesBayonne hamJamón ibérico
🇬🇧United KingdomBayonne hamJamón ibérico
🇫🇷FranceJambon de BayonneJambon ibérique
🇪🇸SpainJamón de BayonaJamón ibérico de bellota
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón de BayonaJamón ibérico
🇲🇽MexicoJamón de BayonaJamón ibérico
🇵🇹PortugalPresunto de BayonnePresunto ibérico de bolota
🇧🇷BrazilPresunto de BayonnePresunto ibérico
🇮🇹ItalyProsciutto di BayonneProsciutto iberico
🇩🇪GermanyBayonne-SchinkenIberico-Schinken

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