The world’s most expensive ham has gone on sale at the food hall in Selfridges in London’s Oxford Street. The cost – a sensational £1,800!
The leg of Iberico ham, which weighs seven kilos (15 pounds) comes complete with, its own DNA certificate as a proof of authenticity.
According to pig farmer and ham expert Manuel Maldonado, the whole process starts with a selection of 50 pigs that were allowed to roam over fields in Extramadura in western Spain feeding on a diet of acorns and roots that help give the ham its distinctive flavour.
It takes three years for the ham to be sold and not before it has been salted and cured carefully and properly. It is then packed in hand-made wooden box covered in an apron made by a Spanish tailor and sold.
“Connoisseurs will appreciate the melt-in-the-mouth texture of this truly amazing Spanish ham,” said Selfridges’ fresh food buyer Andrew Cavanna.
“The leg may seem to have a large price tag but when you think about the amount of care taken from breeding right through to the curing, it is actually amazing value.
“Every single gram will be savored as one of life’s incredible gourmet luxuries.”
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