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Leg of porkvsPicanha suína

pork · Approximate equivalent

These cuts are approximate equivalents — similar in character but with meaningful differences in preparation or exact cut.

Same anatomical primal — picanha suína is butchered from the upper rump end of the pork leg, keeping the fat cap. Most leg-of-pork butchery trims the cap; the picanha cut deliberately preserves it.

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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Picanha suína
Pork · Leg

Brazilian-churrasco innovation cut: the rump cap of the pork leg, butchered to keep its fat cap intact in the same shape as a beef picanha. A relatively recent addition to the…

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Names by country

CountryLeg of porkPicanha suína
🇺🇸United StatesHamPork picanha
🇬🇧United KingdomLeg of pork—
🇫🇷FranceJambon—
🇪🇸SpainJamón—
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón fresco—
🇲🇽MexicoPierna de cerdo—
🇵🇹PortugalPresuntoPicanha de porco
🇧🇷BrazilPernilPicanha suína
🇮🇹ItalyCosciotto di maiale—
🇩🇪GermanySchweinekeule—

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