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Jamón ibérico de bellotavsLeg of pork

pork · Close equivalent

Same anatomical primal — ibérico is the cured product made from the fresh leg of an Iberian-breed pig.

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.

Open Jamón ibérico de bellotaOpen Leg of porkSee substitutes
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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Raw Leg of pork — Pork Leg cut
Leg of pork
Pork · Leg

The pork leg is a large, lean, and muscular primal cut from the hind of the animal. Fresh it is roasted whole as a celebratory centerpiece. Cured and aged it becomes some of the…

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Bone-in fresh ham

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Names by country

CountryJamón ibérico de bellotaLeg of pork
🇺🇸United StatesJamón ibéricoHam
🇬🇧United KingdomJamón ibéricoLeg of pork
🇫🇷FranceJambon ibériqueJambon
🇪🇸SpainJamón ibérico de bellotaJamón
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón ibéricoJamón fresco
🇲🇽MexicoJamón ibéricoPierna de cerdo
🇵🇹PortugalPresunto ibérico de bolotaPresunto
🇧🇷BrazilPresunto ibéricoPernil
🇮🇹ItalyProsciutto ibericoCosciotto di maiale
🇩🇪GermanyIberico-SchinkenSchweinekeule

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