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Leg of porkvsSchwarzwälder Schinken

pork · Close equivalent

Same anatomical primal — Black Forest ham is the cured-and-smoked product made from the fresh leg.

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.

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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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Raw Schwarzwälder Schinken — Pork Leg cut
Schwarzwälder Schinken
Pork · Leg

Germany's PGI-protected Black Forest ham, cured and cold-smoked in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg. The rear leg is dry-salted with a spice rub (juniper, garlic,…

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Names by country

CountryLeg of porkSchwarzwälder Schinken
🇺🇸United StatesHamBlack Forest ham
🇬🇧United KingdomLeg of porkBlack Forest ham
🇫🇷FranceJambonJambon de la Forêt-Noire
🇪🇸SpainJamónJamón de la Selva Negra
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón fresco—
🇲🇽MexicoPierna de cerdo—
🇵🇹PortugalPresuntoPresunto da Floresta Negra
🇧🇷BrazilPernilPresunto da Floresta Negra
🇮🇹ItalyCosciotto di maialeSpeck della Foresta Nera
🇩🇪GermanySchweinekeuleSchwarzwälder Schinken

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