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Jambon de BayonnevsJamón ibérico de bellota

pork · Close equivalent

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

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

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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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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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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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