In the month of September, the city of Teruel is preparing to celebrate the feast of one of their products más típeaks: the jam’n. Organised by the Regulatory Council of his Denominaci’re Protected Origin, the first to be cre’ in Espa&bath;and the third in the world to ensure the quality of the jam’n serrano. This food is obtained from the salacious’n and the air-drying of the legs of the pig. And the characterífeatures climáticas do in the territory of teruel, an ideal place for that curaci’re a natural, trying to develop all the flavours and aromas of the meat. Since February 2014, the european regulation features alsoén specíspecifically to the palette of teruel as a protected product of the same denominaci’re.
The band of quality ensures that the hams come from pigs of selected species, born, bred, slaughtered and cured in Teruel province, and that throughout the process of development’n have complied a exhaustive list of requirements.
We identify, for a start, the breeds of the animals. Coming from crossing of Duroc in the línea paternal and Landrace or Large White in the línea breast. The lures are identified by an indelible mark in the ear, in the figure, the c’I say of the explotaci’n from which it came. Allí is fed mainly with cereals grown in the province.