In this article we’ll try to explain the different kinds of Spanish hams that it exists and it’s description.

– You can find the dry or serrano ham, the most typical, from white pigs.
It can be from Trévelez, Teruel or another place. It’s normally dried for no more than a year.

– The Iberian ham, which comes from the Iberian pig breed.
It can come from Huelva (the most known is from Jabugo), Córdoba (Valle de los Pedroches), Extremadura and Salamanca (Guijuelo).

 In the Iberian ham you can also find three qualities, Iberian ham cebo, recebo and bellota.

The cebo Iberian ham is a ham that comes from pigs that were fed with grain and grass.

After, you will find the recebo Iberian ham, a ham from pigs that where fed with grains, grasses, and acorns during the time of “Montanera”, (time from October to the end of February).

And finally, you will find bellota ham, the best. It comes from Iberian pigs that where fed only with grass and acorns in the mountains during the “Montanera”. This ham needs  more drying months  because more acorns (Bellotas) ate the pig and more time it needs to dry.
You can find Bellota hams in our spanish store online  Spanishtaste.com

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Below, you will find some precious advice to help you buying the finest spanish ham online:

Whenever you decide to buy a pata negra ham online (el jamon iberico), the quality label must be present on the product. The first thing to do is verifying its origin. An Iberian ham (iberico ham) may come from the region of Extremadura, from Huelva, Cordova or Salamanca. The labeling must include the variety (bellota, recebo or cebo) and the curing period (that depends on the variety). The bellota ham, for example, needs a longer curing period than the other ones.

It is easy to recognize an Iberian ham thanks to its stretched and delicate shape and, of course, thanks to the black foot of the animal. These two elements must be clear in the photos shown and, in case you are not satisfied with the purchased product you must be allowed to return it.

Once in our hand, it is possible to notice that the colour varies from a shade of pink to purple-red and that the texture is not sinewy, whereas the fat part is fluid, shining and soft.

The brand is not the most important thing if you decide to buy a high quality product. As a matter of fact, many mediocre companies  invest a lot of money in advertising campaigns, while others, perhaps less known, prefer producing homemade hams of high quality, even though they do not have enough economic resources to make themselves known.

Remember that iberian cured ham is not the same than serrano cured ham. The last one comes from a white pig and his quality is lowest.

It is crucial to buy your ham in a spanish store that offers you guarantee on the product you are purchasing and the option to return it if it doesn’t meet your expectations. In Spanishtaste.com you can always find the finest Iberian hams counting on our personalized customer service if you have any problem with your orders.

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