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A unique and exclusive process involving slicing and vacuum-packing the finest Iberian ham in Spain

Selection Real Jamón selects the finest ham from each producer …

Florencio Sanchidrián and his team of experts and professionals travel the length and breadth of Spain and to the different driers to choose the finest ham and shoulder ham from each type of product. Thus, Real Jamón is the only company that ensures the quality of the products it offers, as it concerns itself with the best of the best, as the Anglo-Saxons would say.

Sliced Florencio Sanchidrián and his expert team of cutters slice each piece with a knife …

The quality of the product is very important, as is the way in which it is cut. In this respect, Real Jamón – via its leading practitioner, Florencio Sanchidrián – has created a team of professionals and a Ham Cutters' School that guarantees that all parts are sliced by hand. You will not find better hand-sliced ham or shoulder ham on the market than those offered by Real Jamón, as we take painstaking care over the fineness and the size of each slice that enables it to be taken in the hand, put in the mouth and its exquisite flavour enjoyed.

Packaging Each pack is painstakingly prepared by hand, with recently-cut pieces …

At the Barcarrota School – immediately after cutting a piece of ham or shoulder ham, the net weight of which is approximately 3 kilos – the slices are placed one by one in the plastic packs, designed especially for Real Jamón. Each pack contains product from the different cuts of all the pieces, i.e. maza, contramaza, punta, and slices are also placed in the pack in such a way as to ensure that they are not overlapping onto each other, this facilitating their consumption. Our vacuum-pack system guarantees that the most sought-after delicacy in Spanish gastronomy is preserved under the finest conditions which, together with careful placing on the dinner table, ensures an unforgettable experience for the palate.

Thus, Real Jamón packaging uses the best plastic available on the market, the most modern vacuum-pack process thanks to its state-of-the-art machinery which enables the product to be conserved several months, and carefully-designed aesthetics – the company commissions the best designers in Spain for its product, which ensure the image is truly spectacular. That is why we guarantee you will be able to boast to your friends or customers that without doubt they are looking at the best product available on the market, the one that can be preserved for the longest, and with the most elegant and exclusive packaging – all with the guarantee and hallmark of quality and prestige attached to the trademark Real Jamón.

From the pasture to the mouth The entire process above is complemented by using the golden rules for fine enjoyment of Real Jamón products …

The golden rules for fine enjoyment of our products are:

1. The pack must be kept in the fridge, where fruit is normally kept, i.e. at between 5 and 10 degrees.
2. The ham should be consumed at room temperature, and so 20 minutes before serving and while still in the pack, it needs to be placed under a tap of hot water for around 2 minutes.
3. Open the plastic pack and place the ham on a dish or in a bowl of a size that ensures no slice is overlapping over another, as this is the best way to appreciate its colour and texture.
4. A gourmet product such as the one you now have in your hands can be eaten on its own or accompanied by tender, neutral-tasting bread so that this does not alter the flavour of the ham or the shoulder ham.

Drinks In harmony with Real Jamón products …

A Real Jamón product should be accompanied by a drink of high quality – without doubt, Fino de Jeréz sherry, perhaps the best sherry, although also other top quality sherries such as Fino Quinta, Tío Pepe or Fino la Ina. It also goes fantastically well with a fine crianza red wine.

In exceptional cases, where the ham has been cured for many years, it can be accompanied by a reserva wine. However, as the Royal Spanish Academy of Gastronomy has mentioned on many occasions, ham can be consumed with different drinks in order to arrange a tasting session to enable one to harmonize it with what one likes the most.

Real Jamón is probably the best and most expensive hand-sliced and vacuum-packed Iberian ham. It does, however, offer the best value for money on the market.