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Gammon substitutes

Gammon is the traditional name in United Kingdom. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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Substitutes for Gammon that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.

Leg of pork

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Close substitute

Leg of pork

Bone-in fresh ham

Prosciutto crudo

🇮🇹 Italy · Close substitute

Prosciutto crudo

Sliced Prosciutto di Parma, 3 oz

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United Kingdom

Leg of porkclose substitute

Same anatomy — gammon is the cured form of the fresh leg of pork. Curing alone (without long air-drying) is what distinguishes gammon from European raw-cured hams; cooking is what distinguishes gammon from cooked ham.

France

Jambon de Bayonneclose substitute

Both cured European pork legs, but Bayonne is dry-cured and air-aged for raw consumption, while gammon is brined for cooked consumption.

Germany

Schwarzwälder Schinkenclose substitute

Both cured European pork legs, but Black Forest ham is cold-smoked over fir and eaten raw, while gammon is wet-cured (sometimes lightly smoked) and eaten cooked.

Westfälischer Schinkenclose substitute

Both cured pork legs; Westfälischer is cold-smoked over juniper/beech, gammon is wet-cured for cooked consumption.

Italy

Prosciutto crudoclose substitute

Both cured pork legs, but gammon is brined (or dry-cured short-term) and eaten cooked, while prosciutto is dry-cured and air-aged 12–36 months and eaten raw. Different traditions, different finished products.

Portugal

Presunto de Barrancosclose substitute

Both cured pork legs; Presunto de Barrancos is the Portuguese-Iberian dry-cured tradition, gammon the British brine-cured tradition.

Spain

Jamón ibérico de bellotaclose substitute

Both cured pork legs (same anatomical primal); ibérico is dry-cured for raw consumption, gammon is brine-cured for cooked consumption.

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