How to buy a WHOLE JAMN!

Tips and tricks for buying an entire jamn! Which grade do you buy, where do you buy it and how do you care for it once you get it home. Join us on our journey as we buy our FIRST JAMN! Venga, lets go!

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Article explaining the different grades of jamn: https://theblackhoof.co.uk/spanish-ham-types/

Ive eaten a lot of jamn in Spain, but Ive never actually bought a whole one. Why? Theyre expensive. Its complicated (do you go jamn Serrano, jamn ibrico, jamn ibrico de bellota?). Plus you have to know how to care for it. And you have to be able to get through it within about a month. Thats a lot of pressure.

But finally, this Christmas, when my family was coming to visit from New Zealand, Yoly and I decided to take the plunge and buy an entire ham. And this is our story.

We went to the fantastic Madrid ham shop, Mercado Jamn Ibrico, where the owner Luismi gave us three different grades to taste (with cava!) to help us make our decision. Once we chose the ham, he opened it for us using various knives and gave us tips on how to care for it and also gave me a crash course in carving it.

Then we took it home the pressure! We stored it in the kitchen, but decided to leave a window open to keep the temperature cool.

A few tips that we learned:

1. The front leg - a paletilla - is a great cost-effective way to get a jamn. Theyre cheaper because they contain less meat. But that also means that if there are only a few of you, you have a decent chance of getting through it before it dries out.

2. If possible, buy it from a where they will open it for you so you can get it home and simply start eating.

3. As you work your way through it, cover the exposed meat with slices of fat from the ham. This keeps the meat moist.

4. If you cant get through the whole ham and youre worried its going to dry out, simply take it back to where you bought it and ask them to cut it into slices and vacuum seal the slices. Then you can keep them in the fridge for a few months. Just remember that when you go to eat them, you need to leave them out to bring them up to room temperature for eating.

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