bellota

Iberico de Bellota raw pork comes from the legendary purebred heritage Iberico pig which feeds on acorns - known as "bellota" - during the peak fattening season, known as the "Montanera," from December to March.

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Though, what I'd really love is to sit in the red room, with some red wine, excellent cheese, their lauded pa amb tomaquet, and a plate of their jamon iberico, perhaps going large with the bellota.

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Though, what I'd really love is to sit in the red room, with some red wine, excellent cheese, their lauded pa amb tomaquet, and a plate of their jamon iberico, perhaps going large with the bellota.

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Lacking the real thing, he apologetically served me the cured shoulder of a bellota porker, which became importable sooner than hams from the same animals.

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Early adopters who sent a deposit of $199 to Latienda. com, an Internet source for imported Spanish delicatessen, will be billed the balance of the approximate total charge of $1,500 for a single bellota ham.

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Since that is about half the expected U.S. price of a bellota serving I probably offset my travel expenses by $25.

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Getty Images Spain's bellota ham, from pigs that dine on acorns, will finally be available in the U.S.

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Both of us had tasted back-leg bellota ham in Spain, and we knew it had an even more elegant texture than the shoulder (paleta in Spanish).

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At one Manhattan tapas bar, the owner offered contraband portions of bellota and even advertised the ham on his Web site -- until U.S.

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So to get a jump on the bellota bandwagon, I found a source for the real thing right here in North America -- in Canada, which legalized the importation a few weeks before its lumbering cousin to the south.

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