Know your Spanish hams

Jamón Serrano. Cured ham made anywhere in Spain from cross-breed pigs, such as Duroc, Large White.

Jamón Ibérico. Cured ham made from ibérico breed pigs raised in the dehesa forests in southwestern Andalusia, Extremadura and western Castille.

Ibérico or Ibérico de Recebo. Designates ham from ibérico pigs finished on pig feed and grain, not acorns.

Ibérico de Bellota. Designates ham from ibérico pigs fattened on acorns.

Ibérico de Jabugo. Acorn-fed ibérico pigs from the town of Jabugo.