Ham in Colombia

-A Gastronomic story of the Colombian Ham industry Pasto, an area located in the southwest of famous Colombian is the major location in the Colombian industry of the preparation of hams. Really, Pasto has a history on the preparation of ham items that goes back to the 50's when a Basque mason, named Jose Torrontegui Alday, aged 28, appeared to Colombia.He was born in Bilbao and he chose to live in Colombia attracted by the notion of being a designer. He labored in Bogota and Cali until the 60's when he was invited by a friend to see Pasto, the capital of NariAo where he lived until 2003.The history of the ham market in Pasto began when he wanted to his guests during a celebration in Pasto, a ham that he has dry-cured in his home for 6 months. The visitors were so captivated by the style of the pork, uncommon at the second in Pasto, that they stimulate him to start his own business marketing the product.-Success in Colombia of the Serrano Ham prepared in Pasto After decades on the business, the Serrano pig that is prepared in Pasto has succeed in the Colombian market. The hams are commercialized in Bogota and in the rest of the nation. The solution of its achievement is simple: it's the only sort of Serrano ham in Colombia that's prepared following the Spanish tradition for its preparation this means that the Serrano Ham from Pasto isn't developed during its preparation process.-Ham preparation in Colombia, a that comes from Spain The kinds of hams that are applied during the preparation are Iberian ones. The hams are set in exactly the same way they've always traditionally been produced in Spain: using the fingers and with no technology. In these days, sealed chambers and particular lights are utilized during the drying process of the ham to regulate the temperature. However, in Pasto, the pork is organized exactly the same way as it was, 400 years ago: put and treated over eight months.