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Leg of porkvsWestfälischer Schinken

pork · Close equivalent

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

Same anatomical primal — Westfälischer Schinken is the cured-and-smoked product made from the fresh leg.

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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Westfälischer Schinken
Pork · Leg

Germany's other PGI cured ham, from the Westphalian region in North Rhine-Westphalia — the second iconic German Schinken alongside Schwarzwälder. Made from pigs traditionally fed…

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Names by country

CountryLeg of porkWestfälischer Schinken
🇺🇸United StatesHamWestphalian ham
🇬🇧United KingdomLeg of porkWestphalian ham
🇫🇷FranceJambonJambon de Westphalie
🇪🇸SpainJamón—
🇦🇷ArgentinaJamón fresco—
🇲🇽MexicoPierna de cerdo—
🇵🇹PortugalPresunto—
🇧🇷BrazilPernil—
🇮🇹ItalyCosciotto di maialeProsciutto di Westfalia
🇩🇪GermanySchweinekeuleWestfälischer Schinken

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