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Leg of porkvsPresunto de Barrancos

pork · Close equivalent

Same anatomical primal — Presunto de Barrancos is the cured product made from the fresh leg of an Alentejano-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 Leg of porkOpen Presunto de BarrancosSee substitutes
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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Raw Presunto de Barrancos — Pork Leg cut
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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