This is Prosciutto di Parma D.O.P., a dry cured ham from Parma, Italy. It is aged 24 months and sold freshly sliced in an 8 oz (1/2 lb) portion.
Genuine Parma ham comes from the Parma region, where local conditions have long been used to produce cured ham. The name "prosciutto" comes from the Latin "perexsuctum," meaning "dried." The ham is air cured, a method with roots going back to Roman times and earlier.
- Product
- Prosciutto di Parma D.O.P., dry cured ham
- Brand
- Ermes Fontana
- Aging
- 24 months
- Origin
- Parma, Italy
- Form
- Freshly sliced
- Net weight
- 8 oz (1/2 lb)