Attic Aged Ham

These hams are aged 12 14 months giving them a much more complex and intense flavor that many of our customers prefer when enjoying them as charcuterie.

Attic aged ham.

Our attic aged country ham steaks are created from a ham that s been dry cured and aged over 210 days for an authentic bold flavor that you can only enjoy from country ham. With an average weight of 15 17 lbs whole hams are packaged in brown paper and a cotton sack and make excellent. Our whole prosciutto hams have dry aged to achieve a shrinkage of almost 40 percent. If you buy our attic aged uncooked country ham you will be enjoying a country ham that was dry cured with our simple salt sugar and black pepper cure and aged for bold flavor for over 210 days.

Curing means preserving typically via salt sugar nitrates and or smoke. Burger s guidance using our original recipe and making sure patience is still the primary ingredient. The selection offered by burgers hams is impressive. Similar to how folks enjoy an italian prosciutto ham or spanish serrano ham.

Burger attic aged country hams are made with the same dedication and attention to detail that e m. Ham may be kept in deep freeze for several months after slicing if properly wrapped. Attic aged country hams prepare to experience ham as you ve never experienced before. Remember it is normal for a kentucky county ham to mold as a whole uncooked aged ham product.

Ham generally is the cured hind leg of a pig and will comprise a cut somewhere between the shank the ankle and the rump. The prosciuttos are hung in the attic moved around like aging whiskey. Steaks are vacuum packaged three per. It takes us almost a year to make this ham perfect but we ve done it with our founder e m.

Choose from whole or spiral sliced country hams attic aged hams fresh ham that s hand rubbed with a simple salt sugar black pepper mixture then cured aged for over 210 days resulting in a bold flavor that s distinct from their country ham and honey glazed city hams. It s one of the ways we kept meat edible before refrigeration came around you can buy ham bone in bone out re shaped and pumped. All of our country ham products are handcrafted and made from nearly a century of experience. As our prosciutto hams hang in the smokehouse air is passed over and over them from the outdoor weather no matter what the weather is.

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