Black label ham, a very expensive mistake
Many consumers buy black label ham thinking that they are buying the highest quality Iberian ham. However, when they taste it, they discover that the taste does not correspond to the high end, but rather to a cheap ham. What has
Encina De Jabugo is now Encina Don Alberto, we change the name
We inform all our clients that after several years with our online presence as Encina De Jabugo, in April we made a change in our commercial name and domain on the internet where our usual website EncinaDeJabugo.com is renamed EncinaDONALBERTO.com. Our
Drying ham
This stage takes place with the spring beginning, when the elaboration process of Encina Don Alberto Iberian ham continues in our natural dryers which windows are opened to the Sierra de Huelva cold air. During a period of four to
Extremadura ham
DESCRIPTION Hams and shoulders come from Iberian pure pigs race or coming from crossings between the Iberian race with " Duroc-Jersey", with a 75% and 25% respectively. Pigs, depending on their feeding, are classified in: Cerdo de bellota o terminado en montanera: that
Teruel Ham
DESCRIPTION The kind of cattle apt for the production of hams, will the one which comes from crossings between: Mother's line: Landrace (standard kind) Landrace White, or cross of both.Father's line: Landrace (Standard kind) or Duroc. Only the pigs born and fattened in
Guijuelo ham
DESCRIPTION The cattle apt for the ham and shoulders elaboration protected by this guarantee, will be of the Iberian pig race or crosses of 75% of Iberian blood and 25% of the Durocjersey race. Considering the basic factors which condition the
Montaneras
The 'montanera' constitutes the final and crucial stage in the pig's life, where is developed the traditional fatten up. It consist on subject the pig to the pastures' ecosystem where it will spend its last life months among cork oak,
Salted
After the sacrifice and the quartering, ham are handcraft treated one by one. It is the phase of outlined and bleeding. With it the spare fat of the surface and the residual blood is removed and is realised the characteristic
Process breeding and fattening
Although the iberian pig has innate qualities which make it possible to begin its life in a wild way in the countryside, usually the birth happens with the rancher collaboration. For that aim, are prepared in the farms, with wood