Considered the highest quality ham across the world, Iberico de Bellota is produced from the “Pata Negra” (black hoofed) pigs of Spain. They are reared on a natural diet of acorns and grasses, and develop a meat that is high in fat and richly flavored. The trick is that by using a free-range method and an exclusive acorn-only diet, denominated “Bellota”, the meat develops a texture is smooth and tender, and a flavor that’s soft and full of fat (the healthy monosaturated kind) that dissolves in the palate.