Jambons (from French ' '
ham
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'; ) are square
pastries
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filled with cheese and chunks of ham. They are a ubiquitous
deli
Deli may refer to:
* Delicatessen, a shop selling specially prepared food, or food prepared by such a shop
* Sultanate of Deli, a former sultanate in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Places
* Deli, Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Pro ...
item in Ireland and parts of the UK. The product emerged during the 1990s as part of a broader movement towards "food to go".
The multinational bakery company
Délifrance
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claims to have adapted and launched the jambon as a new product in the Irish market in 1997.
Twenty million jambons were purchased by Irish consumers in 2020. Following the trend of
meat-free sausage roll
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s,
vegan
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jambons have also been available since 2020. These pastries are produced in a similar manner, using
meat substitute
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s and
cheese analogue
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s for the filling.
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Jambons are known in France as ' (puff pastry baskets with ham and cheese).
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In popular culture
In the RTÉ comedy series ''Hardy Bucks
''Hardy Bucks'' is an Irish comedy series, filmed in mockumentary style and following the fictional exploits of a group of twentysomething slackers living in small-town Ireland.
It started out as an online series of largely improvised scenes. ...
'', one of the main characters, Buzz McDonnell, has an obsession with jambons.
See also
*Sausage roll
A sausage roll is a savoury pastry snack, popular in current and former Commonwealth nations, consisting of sausage meat wrapped in puffed pastry. Sausage rolls are sold at retail outlets and are also available from bakeries as a take-away food ...
References
External links
Jambon recipe – ilovecooking.ie
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