''Valle d'Aosta Jambon de Bosses'' or ''Vallée d'Aoste Jambon de Bosses'' is a spicy
cured ham
Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term '' ...
product from the ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) of
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses (; Valdôtain: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Aosta Valley region of Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists ...
, in the
Aosta Valley
The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...
, Italy,
one of the region's specialties.
It was awarded
European Union
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protected designation of origin
The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products. The designation was created in 1992 and its main purpose is to designat ...
(PDO) status.
See also
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List of hams
This is a list of notable hams and ham products. Ham is pork that has been food preservation, preserved through Salting (food), salting, Smoking (cooking), smoking, or Curing (food preservation), wet curing. It was traditionally made only from t ...
References
External links
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Vallée d’Aoste Jambon de Bosses'', official Aosta Valley tourism board website (multilingual)
Italian cuisine
Salumi
Italian products with protected designation of origin
Ham
Cuisine of Aosta Valley
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