a Jamón Serrano?
Takes a while to get through it!!
:o
WOW! No I have never been given one, or been any nearer to one than across a counter, but it looks fab!
no but I'm on way will call in at tescburys for figs :D :D :D :D
If you need any help eating it, Tim, just let me know ;D
Snap - picked our first Fig yesterday.
Had our first about two weeks ago... about the time of the last of the cherries. Must check the tree today... :)
Very envious - always bring some back from Spain but never a whole ham!
I much prefer the cerano to parma. Stronger flavour and great with crusty bread and olives.
Good bit of soup coming from the bone too, no doubt.
Is it always a bit chewy??
Yes, which is why you have to cut it so thin, you can read a newspaper through the slices.
There are grades too. In the Spanish shops which sell the whole legs there is a great difference in price between them.
http://www.marketuno.com/spanish-food/serrano-ham-spanish-food-2/determining-quality-of-spanish-iberian-hams-jamon-iberico/20081110/
The above is a very informative site.
I think you need to hang the leg in the attic from the roof beams to simulate it being in the mountains inbetween cutting off slices to eat.
I love seeing them hanging in Tappas bars. I wonder if they ever go off?
Not like a good old Steak then, which is tender an inch thick!!