Why Spanish Iberian Ham Is The World's Most Expensive Cured Meat | Regional Eats
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- Iberian ham, or Jamón Ibérico, is one of the most expensive meats in the world. A leg of it can cost as much as $4,500. It is made from the rear leg of the black Iberian pig, a rare breed that can be found in the southern and western regions of the Iberian Peninsula, which comprises Spain and Portugal.
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Why Spanish Iberian Ham Is The World's Most Expensive Cured Meat | Regional Eats
Wow the ham spends more time dead than alive
Hee Sing Sia isn’t that the case with every single thing that has ever lived??? 🤔
@@Frank-jo2rb he means that the meat hangs around longer after it's dead than it did when it was alive. For example it may have lived 3 years but the meat cured for 4. That sort of thing
Lmao
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@@yomamasaccount yeah so does human
Don’t ever turn down an invitation to a Spanish wedding, it’s your best chance to try it!!
in most Spanish weddings you won't see top tier ham
@@ImNotADeeJay Entonces no vas a las adecuadas!
@@ImNotADeeJay that depends on the money the family have xd
@@bravotangosierra6518 do Spanish love pork?
@@rodrozil6544 Kind of, but cured pork like this ham for sure! Who wouldn’t
I was visiting Spain once with work and had the pleasure of eating this ham.
Honestly, I've have never eaten anything so divine.
Omg. How much did you pay for it?
@@HarryKaneIsGoated In Spain a black seal ham can go from 200$ to 400$ in other countries the price can go above 1500$. People usually don't buy the whole leg because it's so much food and really expensive
Read the Bible ... divine lol
@@HarryKaneIsGoated I´m currently spending 6 months in Almeria / Spain and you can buy 100% legs starting at 150€, even in the normal supermarkets. Normally I agree, 200€ is a normal price. The normal price for 100 grams of the highest quality ham is 10€ / 100 grams. We bought some at the factory that won several "ham of the year" awards and they sell them for 10€ / 100€ as well. Not sure about the price of a whole leg, though... If you ever have the chance, buy a piece of "secreto". It´s quite an unknown piece of the pig and probably the best cut in it.
I can confirm, that ham cures depression, but only until you look at the price-
I'm Italian and I love my prosciutto but I have to admit the first time I had Iberian ham I was just blown away. The acorn essence was definitely there and with the best prosciutto I'd had to that point had would have a more "buttery" fat, the Spanish ham was even more buttery and flavourful. Amazing stuff!
Yes, both jamon iberico and prosciutto di Parma have their special places. Prosciutto is so tender, sweet, and mellow. Jamon is a flavour bomb ^_^
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👌👌👌👍👍👍
I am from Spain, and I can confirm that our Iberian ham is glorious and celestial.
@MrMyopinionsmatter I'm not from either country, but lived for a reasonable amount of time in both Italy and Spain. Let me tell you, Iberian ham ("pata negra" or "ibérico de bellota") is in a league of its own. Comparing any other ham to it wouldn't be fair.
You probably should try the Portuguese ham before making such statements. Makes this so called best in the world look like amateurs.
@@jupiterswords8266 Have you tried Jamon Iberico? Oh and whats the portuguese one?, i want to try it.
@@andymcmahon6096 yes i have. Its not that special. I live 150km from spain.
@@andymcmahon6096 its the way its cured.
Its expensive because of the way the pigs are raised, the less stress the animal is, the better the meat taste. People who produce expensive caviar does the same thing too
Lord Gremlin taste justifies the price alone.
I mean, you haven’t tasted real cured ham until you’ve had jamon iberico.
@rockn roll lol, the good one is expensive you know, its not the frozen stuff you buy at the supermarket
@rockn roll the good spanish meat is not in the USA its in my plate, where it should be
@rockn roll try ternera gallega y jamón pata negra. One is the best quality galician steak and the other is a protected best brand of jamón
@rockn roll to get actual Spanish meat to need to get it from a butcher or a farmer, and the good one it's expensive but truly awesome. And jamón ibérico it's just something out of this world. If you are not from Spain you won't find the good stuff anywhere XD
My friend had her wedding in Spain and at one of the socials there was an Iberico ham at the side and I swear to god I couldnt leave the thing alone. It was lucky i was surrounded by such close friends cos if this was someone else's wedding I would've been mortified at myself. It was legitimately like crack. Damn, thinking about it now I need another fix 😭
indians can eat pigs? i didnt jnow that, im glad u liked our national product my friend
@@dotiasecas3135 tbh it isn't widely eaten in India, but its Muslims mainly who don't eat pork. As an atheist British Indian - I eat whatever tastes good and mannn does your national product taste good!!
@@DdotRay86 ooooh i understand now. good to read u man, ye i mean, jamón tastes like heaven, i have one now in my kitchen
@@dotiasecas3135 indians in india except for muslims and vegeterians have no problem in having pig, though we mostly have pork curry, pepper pork fry with caramalised onions etc, also in north eastern part of india pig is the main meat.
@@deepblue3682 Nah, pigs are seen as animals that even eat human poop. So it is generally not eaten.
Magnificent!
My Argentinian wife and I(Eng) bought a leg for our wedding. Unfortunately the Brits didn't appreciate it. They thought it needed cooking so avoided it.
We didn't educate them on the day and enjoyed the fruits of their ignorance the following weeks. Delicious!!
xDDD
Excellent thinking
As a retired US marine. Military police British are very special.
LoL
😂😂😂😂😂
Bought one of these and God it was a heavenly experience. Literally melts when you eat it.
I live in the United States and I cannot find them! When I was in Barcelona, I became addicted!
@Red Jhon stop bringing up religious stuff on everything else dude, seriously.
@@fendy5124 🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋haram allah 🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋🕋
@@fendy5124 haram 🤪🤪🤪🤪
@@fendy5124 Just mind your business?
Claudia: What makes this ham so expensive?
Well first off, all our workers are pure bred
Brooo 😂
all natural and free range
In Spain we don't accept muggles to handle our pork products
Your joke is like Acorns, so corny...
Mark Jade Firmalo u sure are fun at parties
I really appreciate the one Spanish dude speaking slow enough for me to understand him without needing the subtitles XD
Yep, the butcher dude with the apron and light beard. I haven't studied Spanish since my college years and I could clearly understand him. :)
if normal ham is very delicious i can imagine this as on godly level
It is
I'm watching this while eating my $1.99 lunchables.
Jazz A hero
Im salivating
What kind?
Lmao
Too expensive we eat our lunch in 0.5 dollars .
The Spanish are the kings of cured ham, this stuff really is divine. You can see it just by looking at the glistening strips reflecting the light, the taste is deep and intense, it's incredible.
i would argue that the spanish have some of the best cheeses too! easily on par with the italians and british! (french cheese is okay, depending on the type)
It's nutty, like the acorns =)
What you don't know is that those pigs are raised in Portugal they just cure it
@@brunocesar302 claro que sí campeón, Extremadura, Huelva y Córdoba son de Portugal de toda la vida. 😂
@@brunocesar302 No. That is just false. If you go to the supermarket you can find many, many hams from different provenances. That doesn't mean all of them come from Portugal. That is stupid, plain and simple. Maybe 1% come from Portugal, as there are also some lower quality hams that come from Hungary and other european countries. Anyway at least 90% come from some spanish region. As the video taught you, there are seals on every piece that say, without a doubt, that those pigs are breed in very strict conditions in Spain. You can't fake those, unless you want to get a fine so big your company will end dead and buried.
I love Elio's smile and how excited he seems to be about his trade and profession. Awesome guy, which I had as much pride as he does.
As a spanish person I confirm this, it's extremely delicious, feels like being in heaven when you eat it. Since it's quite expensive, in my family we only have that kind of legs in our house each 5 years more or less, and when we have it, it's so delicious that in a week is already finished!
0:28 Ok, I am Italian, I’ve eat a lot of ham in my life, good, bad, excellent... a lot. But I’ve never, ever seen ham looking this good. That red “slippery” color that you see in that ham, is the measure of how ridiculously good this ham has to be. I didn’t even know that Spain had this level of excellence in treating hams 👌
We do, only in hams tho
You should come to Spain to taste a bit of our best food. I bet you would love it.
@@azthefreak526 And sausages!
@@asparadog Really? At least from what I Know, sausages ain't one of the best treated foods here
Italy has a fantastic market specially in England with the prosciutto and parma ham but this shit plays in another league .
They are amazing from the very beginning. Their genes, their breed, their food, environment, water etc superior in every way
You again
why is there always you on the videos that i watch?? Explain
You are fckin creeping me out.
@@doomdude69 stfu why y'all surprised?
Comment section celebrity.
the title should read ´why spanish iberian ham is the world´s best cured meat. everything has a price, but this product has real value.
their language is so clean. words are tied together. sounds like they put so much effort into their sentence that they run out of breath.
I'm Mexican and I love hearing the Spaniard language
Que pasa perro
It's the same language guey
@hrknesslovesu no, it isn't. That's like saying mexican Spanish is the same as mexican American Spanish.
@@jetstreamdefalpha5411 Eres un tonto si no puedes entender Español de otros lugares guey. Y si es el mismo lenguaje, lo que es diferente es el dialecto. Are you even a Spanish speaking Mexican?
Rather see this, than those two girls who have no idea what iberico ham is all about.
😂😂 true
Which girls?
@@Belioyt you're mum
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@@muhammadaizat9883 The Pig is your Mom, just had her for Breakfast
“2 pigs per hectare” battery farmed chickens are quaking
@four eleven forty-four chickens in cages
@@maddogz671 that's fucked up mate, i dont think thats legal in my country, at least for mass selling. It's unethical
Lo común es 1 cerdo por hectárea de bosque de encinas, para que los cerdos tengan suficientes bellotas. Conozco una finca de 250 hectáreas y tiene unos 180 cerdos ibéricos. Sólo por la cantidad enorme de bosque que necesita cada cerdo, es imposible que el jamón ibérico sea barato. Este estilo de cría del cerdo es lo más alejado que hay a una granja industrial.
It can go up to 8 hectares per pig, imagine the price...
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I love the passion AND the respect the makers have for the pig and the process and tradition for making a food that is so transcendent.
There is nothing I love more than good ham like this, red wine and old scotch.
We have many wonderful things in Spain, but as a Spaniard I can say Jamón Ibérico is probably the best. When you taste it you immediately know life is worth living.
... my grandma croquetas dont think that
😋
No te flipes
a good ham and melon combo is a slip second trip to heaven.
Very nice said ;)
Damn if animal stress plays such an important role in taste, no cannibal should try eating me!
😐
Cannibal cafe
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Nah, they will treat you well, pamper you, then invite you to a lavish dinner at a suspiciously secluded table.
@@magtovi 😂😂😂
Proud of my country 💓
This ham is absolutely the best you can find anywhere. I never ate more aromatic and tender ham. The first bite ever almost makes you cry.
я словно ее только что съел, воображение разыгралось от такого комментария
I went to a wedding, which I didn't know was two wealthy, very wealthy families. They had a dozen stations setup with a variety of stuff and four of them were these hams.
They served (8) of these hams, which did not last long with a guest list of over 800 people.
The ham was like eating milk and butter, but with the acorn flavor. It melted in your mouth with out any chewing.
It was so good that I decided that waiting in line for ten minutes each time for a few slivers of meat was well worth the wait
I didn't know when I would get an opportunity to eat it again.
Are you european?
There are a lot of online shops where you can order affordables legs for 150~200 Euros and them delivery to any EU country.
www.ibericosvazquez.es/jamones-ibericos-bellota.php
latrastiendadeljamon.com/es/15-jamones
Come to Spain, have some corona and ham
Francisco Santana Bastante most likely low quality
@@xx_halkon_xx8936 That ham is to die for
@@NickyNightShine lol
Here in spain is really tipical to have one of the legs in your home for christmas. Is a really common present.
But how if it's real expensive
CHKhouri because it’s based on the quality. The one she is eating here is extremely expensive like a really old bottle of fine wine. But you can get a younger bottle that is still good for a more affordable price. I used to live in Cadiz and loved Jamon.
@@jamessandoval5843 thank you very much you are very lucky. I'm dying to see how this meat tastes...
CHKhouri meh for 200-500 you got a good one , the pig can be feed “pienso “ then acorns although is the acorn who rly gives the “iberico” taste .
I think there are a couples of companies that sells this pieces online but due to demand here and USA taxes I think the prices are way bigger .
Also China and I think California can “make” this jam or at least China loves our jam and they eat a lot of pigs .
@@EduardoGonzalez-bm1mk Because its looks raw, only little % of chinese are able to eat it
Here in Spain we have 3 types of quality ham called cebo, recebo and acorn. Within those types, there are 4 labels, black, red, green and white (which explains both the diet and the breed of the pig). Maybe that's how it's better understood
Spain 🇪🇸 has the best deli meat ( embutidos de España son los mejores 👌🏾)
This company has more than half a billion dollars worth of ham in just one room.
Why not steal the legs instead of robbing banks? XD
Edrien Manzanero 3-4 years dude. + you won’t sell it for nearly that much if you aren’t a respected company.
@Ruixuan He nah men it would just be smoked flavor oolala the higher the cost xD
Much better than gold and real estate. Plus they're the only ones producing it.
There are tons of legs in there, I could steal a couple of them they wouldn't even notice
Spanish here! In Spain you can buy it easily, it's almost everywhere. And let me tell you: every Christmas we get one of those hams, they're completely different from other ones. It has more flavour, and it's more "smooth" It's really good and you can see the work that it haves!
I've been to Spain many times, it's great that you have this special ham everywhere. Some are 50% Iberico, or not acorn-fed, but still it's very nice.
@@maksphoto78 Yes! They taste really good too!
@@maksphoto78 that's what I saying huh these people really pride themselves in they're ham.
I haven't tried many hams before but when I eat a piece of the Iberian ham it has the taste that was exactly how you described it, altho the ham I got is at the low quality
Yes that’s true.
In Croatia, we have something called prsut. It is smoked and also put out to dry during harsh winter wind called bura. It is delicious.
I'm from Huelva, and I love how you documented this video. Amazing job!!
We have the best ham in the world and I genuinely hope everyone can taste it!!
While in Spain 2 years ago, I ate Jamón Ibérico almost every single day. Its that good
Chris I envy you. ❤️
It’s hard not to as they put it on everything but hey, i wasn’t complaining
Jamarcus Russell ?? What are you talking about?
@@lewisfelix14 everyone has one leg in their homes here and we use it in bars and restaurants as "tapas" when going out for drinking something, put it in a lot of different meals as well, so yeah, you can find it everywhere
Gabe I know, I’m Spaniard myself 😅 but it’s not in literally everything as in cuisine and/or every single meal. And BTW, not everyone has one leg in their homes.
I was going to really ham it up with a bad pun, but this CURED me!
Oh god
Hehehere
Can’t wait to woooosh
Your puns are bland and boaring
Spaghetti Sauce Your pun needs some wild boar sauce to make it better
best thing about spanish cured ham, is that you can get the cheap ones, and they're still delicious xD
This guys pronounciation is so good I can almost understand him without speaking spanish, amazing.
Most exspensive “CURED” meat everyone. Now stop talking about wagyu in the comments.
They can't read. They're Americans.
DNice5865 what are u lol
DNice5865 Ok. Well then you should better just quit using RUclips, Google, and should pretty much just throw your PC/cell phone out the window because they all originated from American inventors in America.
Go back to the 20th century where you belong.
Black Angus is better
It looks like you have a beef with every pig trying to get a leg up on the competition.
Those who haven’t tried it, do it, worth every dime
Carlos Echevarrieta I tried it, I’m Dominican, and I honestly could not stand the smell sorry 😔😔 tried it at a Spanish festival. The meat didn’t look fake, because it looked exactly like it did in the video. Sorry if you really like it I personally didn’t. I loved the Spain culture.
I also tried it, it was way too strong for me.
Later that day I tried an iberian steak. Wich was a “delicatesse” i’ve been told. But just like the ham i did not like it because of the smell
EnergyA cost too much I don’t care for it
Carlos Echevarrieta personally it’s ok but it’s not worth it
Dam, wish I knew more about this ham and other dishes of Spain. I went to Spain in the early 90's enjoyed the food I ate but was not educated on any specialty's of Spain I would have enjoyed trying. There was no youtube back then.
I have been to Elio’s shop when i visited Seville in 2019. Pleasantly surprised to see him. Absolute legend and very passionate. Needless to say i was several euros lighter and very happy when i walked out of the shop!
Before i first got a chance to try it, i was like "how good can it be?"
Answer is: Tears-of-joy level amazing. The flavor is so deep and rich, yet mellow at the same time. This stuff is incredibly delicious.
I tried it at a tasting the EU did promoting it and it was amazing, I'm a big fan of Serrano and Prosciutto but Iberico is the way, it's just melts in your mouth, amazing, thank goodness it was free cause I kept asking for more and more
Lucky
The serrano is the spanish ham normal, ibérico bellota is other level.
@@jaimegarcia9408 lo sé, el comentario hace la diferencia muy claramente, ibérico de bellota es lo mejor y afortunadamente ese era y gratis jajaja
Sorry to break your dream after 2 years, but "prosciutto" is not a brand or a type: it's just "ham" said in Italian...
Everyone talking about the presenter being beautiful but can we get some appreciation for Augusto, the man is stunning
Augusto senpai
And don't forget the pig.
Look at Elio! That gent is passionate with his meat!
Daddy Augusto
I am Balinese, working in a restaurant, glad that I have tasted so many expensive food, including this ham, serve best with manchego cheese and grill bread
Y un buen vino tinto 🍷.
I grew up in Spain and still to this day its my most favourite thing ever. 20 years on when i visit people i went to school with; we always get a decent quality leg to last us my trip.
The fat is So shiny. That’s where the flavor is. My grandfather was a butcher. He would cure his own hams and give them to each one of his kids for Christmas. I remember the fragrance of them curing in his basement. They were not like these, but so delicious!
My grandfather would do the same! Hams and bacon. I still take deep inhales when I visit the family who lives there in hopes of a whiff, alas it has disappeared with time; but not the delicious flavors he created with love!
Oof my grandfather would sit on the couch while my grandma does the Christmas tree ;-;
So cool 👍
BeachRobloxplayz he was a gentleman.
@@iHPL666 lol
When I visited Spain, I could not get enough of the ham. I ate it everyday. There is no ham that even comes close any where else in the world
they have really good Jamón in Shouthern Portugal, we sell jamones to portugal so they can really try authentic Jamon Iberico
Prosciutto is pretty awesome too
@@loum614 prosciutto is very untasty compared to Jamón, but some cultures like It better than jamón because of that
Try Culatello from Italy, sorry you can't you can only get it in Italy. But if you ever get a chance you'll say Culatello is the best cured meat in the universe
@@dotiasecas3135 most of your black grade pigs are raised in Alentejo, Portugal. The Spanish buy it from us to cure in Spain. We don’t take anything from you, you take from us, we have the best lands to raise Pata Negra, and the best, purest breed, that’s why Spanish businesses pay us millions every year in land rentals and pig to export to Spain. The best Spanish ham is Portuguese ;)
One should always considering adding meat or pork to your diet or fish. You can obtain vital proteins that are rather hard to find else where
I am Portuguese. I won the lottery of life when I was born in the Iberian Peninsula to the Lusitanian race.
Son: Dad, what's for dinner?
Dad: wait for four years, Son.
Salting pork was a way to store food for long periods of time, so that if you ever do run out of food, you can have a safety net.
It's also delicious. If you were hungry now, you'd just eat it now, and salt whatever you know you woul not eat right away.
Worth waiting
Meat so good even PETA employees like it
underrated
Meat so good even muslims and jews eat it.
Those pigs pretty much roam free, eat superfoods and are extremely well treated, so yes... even PETA employees would like it.
Kinda because every pig is living a king’s life, literally eating, sleeping and waiting
@@OscarPerez-nl7ie I didn't know their own shit was a super food.
I'm addicted to it. I buy for 10 dollars each week
Bought some Iberico pork last summer, shipped to Denver in dry ice. Not cured, you cook it on the grill. It was absolutely amazing and I can't wait to get some more this summer.
What was the price per unit?
@@manhattannewyork-fr5pd it was about $70 for a beautiful 2 pound piece. Shipping to Denver was an extra $40. The seller is called Meat 'N Bone.
@@manhattannewyork-fr5pd the product is called Secreto Iberico
@@daviddemaria3982Secreto ibérico is reeeeaaally good. You very have good taste.
También unos huevos fritos con jamón son una delicia.
When we(me and mum) went to Spain we had Iberian ham and it was so good. We wanted to take some home but it was so expensive. We bought chorizo instead.
Chorizo, lomo, salchichón, morcilla, beef when secreto, presa etc the spanish iberian pork is unique.
Chorizo is one of the best!!
Where is home because brining meats into the US is illegal
@@chrisubias7135 yes here in the US, we bought a small portion of it. You can get some at the airport to take back home.
@@chrisubias7135 amazing..... The ham is illegal.... But you can buy whatever firearm you want....totally insane....
I was supposed to be studying, now it’s 3:00 am and I’m wondering why Iberian ham is so expensive
Selah O. Bc acorns
I got one of these legs when I turned 18... Best gift ever. Took me months to finish it :)
Spain has everything beautiful.
I can't tell if Claudia is Spanish, Italian or French.
She is very pretty though
judging by her accent, she is definetly not spanish
Italian
Yes.
Definitely french
Why am I reading the subtitles if I know how to speak Spanish 🤦♀️🤦♀️
So u r a Spanish right ??
@@apurbabehera22 im Mexican
@@trixs90able wow.. that's nice.. what are the places I should visit if I will be going to Mexico ??
@@apurbabehera22 if you want something close to the border Id say Rosarito. Zacatecas and Jalisco are beautiful.
@@trixs90able thanks for suggesting the places.. I'll Keep these places in mind while travelling to Mexico..🙂🙂
Me from PR and my neighbor from Colombia we used to make ham like this before thanksgiving and Christmas and it's amazing. Rest in peace Don Carlos. ✝️
It feels like a blessing that I grew up with this stuff. My step family is Spanish and pretty rich but they treated my like their own even though I'm from another country. We would always eat the highest quality Iberian Ham and the taste feels close to home.
in my family we keep the fat cut from the sides of the bellota ham to use in cooking, even for making soup stock, its so tasty 😋, i like putting a bit of it on pizza.
Yuck🤢🤢
@@nishhnishh1088 not at all, you dont eat pork and probably you havent ever seen or smelled, and less even tasted a bellota iberian ham, they can cost more than 500€, even the fat is full of omega 3 oils good for your body (due to the acorns they eat (acorn = bellota)).
God, we italians have prosciutto but this thing looks so much more tasty I wish I could taste it
@@rotanux indeed, you can buy some stripes of it online maybe, also if you find "secreto ibérico" its like the wagyu of pork 🤤.
www.amazon.it/s?k=jam%C3%B3n+iberico+de+bellota&sprefix=jam%C3%B3n+&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-ap-p_2_6
@Dank Dank yep, omega 3 the same as some add a bit of olive oil, in the oven it makes it crispy
I lived in this region of Spain and cannot put into words just how delicious it actually is!
When I went to Spain I accidentally got in line for some slices of this meat and was shocked when I was charged 30 euros for 3 slices 😂😂 I still bought it. I didn’t want to seem poor or anything
I was on a vacation with my wife in Morocco in 2017. We did a tour that took us from Marrakech to Fez with stops along the way. We stayed at this hotel that didn't have many guests staying that night. For dinner, the host took us to the dining area and showed us a giant Jamon they got from Spain. He said "Help yourself". This is my first time eating Jamón so I didn't know how to cut it. I made about 10 cuts for my wife and I to share and of course they weren't thinly sliced. It was one of the best things I have ever eaten. My wife is good at not overeating but I was in love. I ate so much Jamón that that night, I woke up sweating thinking and I thought it was all the oil trying to escape my body.
Not only the most expensive meat, the most orgasmic umami flavour experience you’ll ever taste. I swear to god.
How tastes umami?
*s a v o r y t a s t e s*
2Kaleb Amazingly amazing!
Traditionally, here in the Carolina appalachians, hogs were run in the woods and grew on acorns and hickory nuts. Mostly they were killed in fall and cured as ham and salt pork in barrels, but the cold mountain air let them make amazing slow cured hams, smoked and unsmoked, in a similar process to this. If you are lucky enough to find a local butcher shop or someone from a family that has always raised hogs, they will often have a special "old country style" ham which is cured for a year and develops a "rind" like these. They are amazing and delicious but often not appreciated by outsiders... yet they are so similar to what is shown here. Who knew a tradition that seems humble and quaint shared so much in common with something so fancy? Makes me proud of our food culture.
Someone had to discover this. Bless them
Because is the best tasting ham in history ! 🥰
Wow I just realized how last year my friend from college ended up inviting me over for a new years party and he never told me he was rich well ... I just realized thanks to this video that I ate about 1,000$ worth of Ham and I am spitting out my drink a whole year later because of this video
Was it tasty?
Are you sure it was the real black label stuff though? At our grocery store here you could buy a whole leg for like 80€ "iberico", but actually just some semi breed (still amazing deal and really tasty though).
My bad, I mean serrano at our grocery store, not iberico...
@@gertjan3329 Yeah, I highly doubt any high class person would serve any high end product to a person that has no taste for it. Would just be an insult to the product...
i highly doubt that was the good one tho, its not usually shipped to foreign countries(the ibérico de bellota)
We’ve been to Spain twice and ate this every day. It is glorious.
Me encanta este canal🤩, no hablo Inglés pero espero aprender al mismo tiempo que aprendo de cocina tradicional.
It's certainly my favorite and has been all my adult life. Simplicity but complexity. Perfection.
I've had it twice in spain and can confirm how tasty it is. One of the best flavours in the world
One of the most amazing flavors you'll ever taste. It's truly incredible.
Iberian ham taste fantastic, for those who have not had it must try.
The ham cut looks so pretty
"But what is it about this cured meat that makes it cost so much?"
*Cuts to footage of a guy hitting them with a hammer* 😂
Leeroy Jenkins They need to do that to hold the leg in place for craving. They are literally nailing at the hooves.
the ham must be cured with dragon hatchling fire
@@dendrobatus814 I head it was orc shit.
Leeroy Jenkins What’s makes it expensive is the pigs itself.
F****g stupid ignorant
It's one of the best things on earth. It's basically meat candy. We've got some for the holiday.
Holy Christmas!! I had some (maybe) red label today; it was ridiculously good. I've visited Spain on more than 10 occasions and not sought out this exceptional produce. I realise now that I am a fool, better late than never. Thank you for posting.
Saw this at my local Wegmans for $100/lb. I didn’t know about the grading tags. It said “de bellota” though, so it probably was the real deal. I got a pound of it and immediately started eating most of it out in the car. Shared maybe $20-$30 worth with my dog too
I have been to Spain many times, my parents are from Italy and I always thought Prosciutto di Parma was the best. Iberian Ham is DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Italians are the best!
Italy has the best cheese. Spain has the best ham.
@@ade910 To me, Italy has the best FRESH cheese, but the best cured ones are also on the Spanish side...
@@ade910 And what about french cheese? :c
@@nosirve9458 French cheese is good too. I guess I agree with Perry. Italy has the best Fresh cheese. Spain has some good cheese, particularly in Extremadura but nowhere near as much diversity as France.
I eat this ham every day. It's the Holly Grail of all hams.
Iam very poor, i don't think i will ever be able to afford this type of meat.
@@vladimirtrumpladen1957 it less expensive in spain.
I feel so fortunate to have been able to eat this delicacy!
I'm in love with this presenter. She's so genuine and gorgeous. Well done :)
Omg!!! I want this! I love the ham from Spain! The Italians and the Portuguese make a copy but it has nothing to do with the authentic Spanish ham
Yustina, I inform you that Italy produces different hams, not copies and for a long time before the Spanish one.
@@egimabe4869 italia merda
@@Js11638 and who are you, the idiot of the month.
Please don't start a war 🙏🏼
@@muhammadrauf2600 👍
I am high af
It's two at morning
I have a test
I think the kitchen is burning
But I decided to watch this
Now I am hungry
Same only im not high af and its 22
I like the patience this process requires. Makes the ham worth so much more than money.
Several years ago I worked in Valencia for a few weeks and stayed in a small hotel on the edge of town. The breakfast buffet had Iberian ham on the spread at a cost of 10euro for the meal. It was the best ham I have ever had.
for that price I'm pretty sure that was not iberian ham but cured ham which can be good depending on the quality but most of cured ham is crap compared to real iberian ham.
Lucky enough to live 30 mins away from spain 🤣🤣 but even dough we also make this type of ham here in Portugal the spanish make it better have to admit 😅 every 2 weeks i go to spain for fuel and this stuff❤
Does fuel cheaper in spain than in portugal?
@@anggi8699 yes enough to make worth the trip
why do they make it better?
I was also told that many pigs roaming around in Alentejo belong to spanish companies...
Jajaja jajaja ohh my goodnes. The BEST ibérico bellota is spanish, the 5 jotas and Joselito brand, the best, the dehesa is typical spanish.
You're an addict 😂😂
I would be an addict too if I had the opportunity
One of the best things I have ever eaten, melts in the mouth.
This channel has come a long way
Tried it a couple years ago. I was buzzin and I still remember it being amazing.
Ate some on trip to Barcelona. Fantastic taste. Real work of art seeing a large display at the market.
Went 1 week ago there, huelva (place of columbus) and the iberico jamon was amazing
It has a strong flavor. Some people don’t like it. I love it👌🏻
I've had the privilege of eating this ham several times (coincidentally, I have a small pack in the fridge now). I just try to get it when I see it for sale, especially since it's almost impossible to find in Canada, where I live. Absolutely the best ham in the world. It's pricey, but I do think you have to try it at least once in your life, if you're a fan of ham. Nothing really compares.
Before eating take it out of the fridge to get room temperature.
We were in Canada for vacation and saw a leg or two for sale at the St. Lawrence market. Didn't get to try the Iberico, but we tried a few other things there. I can only imagine the taste.