Somerset Culatello (60g sliced) – Limited to one pack per order

Culatello is made from the prime cuts of the hind leg. The pigs are all traditional breed, outdoor reared, and grown to be much larger than most animals in the UK. This will produce a larger ham, a better quality of fat, deeper flavour and higher degree of marbling. At Somerset Charcuterie we have two charcutiers who are trained in grading the meat. Only the best of the hams we receive are allowed through this grading to be turned into Culatello.

The leg is skinned and deboned, and the best part is removed and salted. After a few days, when the salt has effectively cured the meat, it is washed in traditional Somerset cider and then sewn into in a clean, dry pork bladder or beef cap. A string net is then made around the encased ham to shape it into its trademark pear shape and to act as a cradle to hang it from in the drying room.

At this point, the culatello is placed in our drying for around 12 months.

Once it has been fully matured, the culatello will have lost 45% of its original weight and will be hard to the touch. It will be cut free from any twine and trimmed to remove any hard edges before being sliced and packed.

The slow maturing process and careful choosing of meat delivers a flavour that will challenge the most premium of Spanish and Italian hams.

Culatello Cured and air-dried ham

Ingredients: Pork leg (97%), Salt Made with 182g raw pork leg per 100g of culatello Produced in a facility that uses mustard seeds & milk powder Ambient stable. Store between 0°C and 5°C. Use within 48 hours of opening.

• Nutritional Information – typical values per 100g
• Energy 247kcal 1033kj
• Fat 17.6g of which saturates 7.1g
• Carbohydrates 0.0g of which sugars 0.00g
• Protein 28.2g
• Salt 4.1g