Altos de Iberia Serrano Ham Spain - With Ham Stand and Knife - Min Weight 14lb - 18 Months Avg Curing Time - Great Family and Friends Gift

I bought it as a gift for my wife, she loves cured meat. This ham has a rich, salty flavor and goes perfectly with beer, wine, and stronger drinks. It comes with a special stand – a ham holder – and a very sharp, long knife for slicing the ham into perfectly thin slices. It stores well at room temperature without spoiling, but don't leave it uncut for too long, otherwise the top layer of meat will dry out. You can find many different tutorials on slicing ham online if you don't have any experience. There's only one drawback – it runs out too quickly!

I'm from Spain and obviously they are way more expensive over here, but I wanted to treat myself. The jamonera (stand) and knife are good (stable and sharp). I strongly recommend you also buy a boning knife (I got one for aprx $5 here on Amazon, very happy with it). It's a big size leg and the meat was great with little fat (you must have some white fat, not the fat on the outside of course.). I couldn't stop eating it, all by myself! I wish they sold just the leg, as don't need the stand or knife, but can't find that option. Overall, I'm EXTREMELY happy with this purchase and strongly recommend. If you properly care for it and follow instructions, it lasts a few months even. Those complaining about dryness/chewiness/etc, I would very much bet they did things wrong. It isn't bacon nor like smoked ham. Google is free to use. :)

Nothing ever works exactly as the instructions say, and slicing paper thin slices is a lot of slices, so half of them will end up in your mouth before they make it to any plate. Even the pros do this - I watched one video of a Spanish woman rattling off how-to's in Castillian and thought to myself, "She's gonna to eat ALL of it ...". She was having a grand old time. Actually, I prefer salt cured U.S. country ham. It has a less subtle flavor, and you can slice breakfast-sized steaks, or lunch-sized, or dinner-sized, and you don't have to vacuum-pack. For those who like sharp knives, you may want to sharpen since the included slicer comes in at about 240-260 BESS (standard for new high-end), and they curve the heel which, for me, is always a BIG pain to grind down to where I can sharpen on a stone to at least 120. Sharpness does make a difference. The stand works well, and the outer skin slices easily, but rinse and brush the ham before slicing, and if you have ants with refined taste, well ... you're on your own (find a place to hang it). Unless you really work for hours, or are already accomplished, I doubt that anyone can finish slicing up one of these in even a week.

This Serrano ham is delicious and high quality! It comes with a wooden stand and knife, which made slicing super convenient. It was the highlight of our family gathering. Rich flavor and great presentation. Totally worth it!

Simply the best appetizer for Christmas. Perfect. Low fat and amazing flavor. Best of the best

Nothing but extremely salty meat. No fat at all to compensate. If I choose to keep this, it can only be used for cooking, and even then at some point will spoil; because you can only come up with so many recipes on where to use ham. Serrano or not, no Spanish ham should ever come like this. I was born in Spain, ate too many hams and never in my entire life saw anything remotely close to this. Completely inedible.

Not going back to Costco’s Noel ham ever. Well worth the price.

Was a gift! The recipient was over the moon to get it too! She’s a charcuterie queen, and this will put her charcuterie into a different level of competition! I’ll find out if it is yummy later. (I found out it was a huge I mean huge hit. )