Cured meat · cured

Dry-cured ham

Also called air-dried ham, raw ham

Pork leg salted and air-dried for months; silky, salty and sweet. Sliced thin for antipasti, draped over melon and pizza, or crisped as a garnish.

Gluten-freeDairy-free

What can replace it

  • T2 · GoodBresaola

    Beef, leaner and drier.

  • T2 · GoodCoppa

    More marbled with fat, from the neck.

  • T2 · GoodPancetta

    Fattier belly cut; fine diced for cooking, less so draped raw.

  • T3 · In a pinchCooked ham

    Moist and mild, lacking the concentrated cured flavour.

Cook with Dry-cured ham

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