Jamón

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Jamón ibérico on display on a market in Barcelona, Spain.
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Jamón ibérico on display on a market in Barcelona, Spain.
This article is about the food. For the card game, see Jamón (game).

Jamón, in general English parlance, refers to a cured ham from Spain. There are two primary types of jamón: Jamón serrano (meaning ham from the sierra or mountains) and Jamón ibérico (ham from the black-coated ibérico pig).

In Spanish, jamón simply means ham, thus cooked sliced ham, for example, is called jamón de York.

[edit] See also

  • Barrenechea, Teresa. The Cuisines of Spain. Ten Speed Press, 2005. ISBN 1580085156
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