The most expensive ham in Huelva

Almost 12,000 euros costs the most expensive ham in the world, which is manufactured in Andalusia.This ham has to be rich, which has achieved the Guinnes record to the most expensive ham in the world, with a sale price of 1,429,000 yen (11,881 euros).

The ham that has been awarded is made in the municipality of Court Conception (Huelva) and is one hundred percent Iberian acorn, with more than five years of healing.Its elaborator, the Sierra Mayor Jabugo Society, has its facilities in Court, in the Natural Park of the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche, where it produces hams and other Iberian products.

Thus, as indicated by the company, the award -winning ham comes from an Iberian pig "one hundred percent pure, of acorn quality."This animal is "prosecuted at two years of age and raised in freedom, along with her brothers in Piara";In the pastures of Sierra Mayor, located in the provinces of Badajoz and Huelva.

In this case there is special care in the purity genetics of this Iberian pig.This animal has a "natural feeding during the 2014-15 Montanera, exclusively based on acorns and herbs."

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The process of preparing this ham, more than 10 kilos of final weight, exceeded five years in January 2020. At all times "the leisurely dry and traditional maturation process of the Sierra Onubense" followed ".

A ham process with several phases

This process "is influenced by the surrounding environment of Aracena, which serves as a moderator and tuner of the Iberian Corteception Products. Perhaps the best enclave in Spain for the healing of Iberian Hams and Palets," he said from the company.

From Sierra Mayor they have indicated that there are three "fundamental and differentiating" factors of their products.First, they have highlighted "their natural elaboration process, in dryers and warehouses without machines that regulate their humidity and temperature, only conditioned by the microclimate and microflora of the area."

Second, he has reviewed "the experience and good work" of his teacher ham.Since 1987 he controls the process "to guarantee the best flavor and aroma."And finally, the limited production and "sustainability" of it, directly controlling the process.

In this case, you take into account from the Iberian pigs and the pastures where they feed;until the elaboration and marketing of meats, hams, pallets and

sausages

In this context, he stressed that Sierra Mayor was "the first" installation of the Iberian sector authorized to export to Japan and Mexico, "countries in which the 'Iberian' concept has settled as a symbol of great quality and gastronomic prestige."

In addition, he has received, in his more than 30 years of history, various awards and recognitions, such as the first prize obtained in "the most important fair of organic products, Biofach, in Nuremberg, that in

2002 chose a one hundred percent ham acorn, also prepared by the company. "

Finally, they have remarked that this recognition is "good news for the Spanish Iberian pig sector, which achieves an impulse of optimism in these difficult times."