Prosciutto di San Daniele DOP su Fichi
San Daniele del Friuli
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Origin
San Daniele del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Description
Friuli's prosciutto di San Daniele — the sweeter, more delicately flavoured alternative to Parma ham — served with ripe fresh figs in the late summer tradition. San Daniele PDO is cured in the Alpine air of the Friulian Carnic hills using only local sea salt and pigs raised in specific northern Italian regions. The hoof is retained during curing (unlike Parma where it is removed) — this traditional practice affects the cure time and the resulting flavour. Served on its own with figs: no bread, no butter — the combination is complete.
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The Thread
—Premium cured ham with fresh autumn figs as a pairing — Spanish uses acorn-fed Ibérico; Friulian uses mountain-air-cured DOP pork; same fig-and-ham logic Spanish
—Regional DOP ham with fresh sweet figs — Bayonne is the Basque equivalent with different curing time and breed French
—Mountain-air-cured pork with fresh summer figs — Caucasian tradition parallel to Friulian Alpine tradition Georgian
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Flavour Context
Sweet, delicately floral cured pork fat; fig honey sweetness; salt counterpoint; Alpine air character; nothing else needed
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