prosciutto

     

Prosciutto (IPA: [proˈʃutːo]) is the Italian wor for ham. In English the word is almost always used for dry-cured ham which has not been cooked, in particular from central and northern Italy such as Prosciutto di Parma and Prosciutto di San Daniele.

Trivia about prosciutto

  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Eataly in New York.) Parmesan cheese comes from the northern Italian city of Parma, where the whey from cheese making is fed to the local pigs, helping create another famous local product, this
  • The classic first course of melon and this is seen here
  • This ham is made from pigs fed the whey left over from making parmigiano cheese
  • Parma ham is the true form of this, Italian for "ham"
  • Popularly served with melon, it's paper-thin slices of ham that have been salt-cured & air-dried
  • Thin-sliced salted Italian ham
  • This famous ham from Parma is often designated cotto for cooked & crudo for raw