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Presunto de BarrancosvsWestfälischer Schinken

pork · Close equivalent

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

Both PGI European cured hams; only gap in the 6-ham × 6-ham close grid.

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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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

CountryPresunto de BarrancosWestfälischer Schinken
🇺🇸United StatesBarrancos hamWestphalian ham
🇬🇧United KingdomBarrancos hamWestphalian ham
🇫🇷FranceJambon de BarrancosJambon de Westphalie
🇪🇸SpainJamón de Barrancos—
🇵🇹PortugalPresunto de Barrancos—
🇧🇷BrazilPresunto de Barrancos—
🇮🇹ItalyProsciutto di BarrancosProsciutto di Westfalia
🇩🇪Germany—Westfälischer Schinken

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