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Jamon Iberico

Definition:

A Spanish ham widely regarded as the world’s best, jamon Iberico de bellota, to use its full name, is the cured leg of a black Iberian pig fattened on grain and then foraged on acorns (bellota in Spanish) in the months before slaughter. The hams are cured for a minimum of nine months. See also serrano.

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