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Leg of porkvsPresunto de Barrancos

pork · Close equivalent

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

Same anatomical primal — Presunto de Barrancos is the cured product made from the fresh leg of an Alentejano-breed pig.

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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Presunto de Barrancos
Pork · Leg

Portugal's PGI-protected cured ham, made from the rear leg of the *porco preto Alentejano* — the Portuguese black pig, closely related to the Spanish Iberian pig and one of the…

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Names by country

CountryLeg of porkPresunto de Barrancos
🇺🇸United StatesHamBarrancos ham
🇬🇧United KingdomLeg of porkBarrancos ham
🇫🇷FranceJambonJambon de Barrancos
🇪🇸SpainJamónJamón de Barrancos
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón fresco—
🇲🇽MexicoPierna de cerdo—
🇵🇹PortugalPresuntoPresunto de Barrancos
🇧🇷BrazilPernilPresunto de Barrancos
🇮🇹ItalyCosciotto di maialeProsciutto di Barrancos
🇩🇪GermanySchweinekeule—

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