CarneAtlas

Presunto de BarrancosvsWestfälischer Schinken

pork · Close equivalent

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

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 Presunto de BarrancosOpen Westfälischer SchinkenSee substitutes
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…

HeadBladeArm ShoulderLoinLegRibsBellyHock
Full details →
Raw Westfälischer Schinken — Pork Leg cut
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…

HeadBladeArm ShoulderLoinLegRibsBellyHock
Full details →
Keep Presunto de Barrancos and Westfälischer Schinken together in your notebook.

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

Would you know it at the counter?

Five questions: name the cut, place it on the animal, and say which country calls it that. A new board every day — no sign-up.

Play today’s puzzle