Serrano Ham Cured Boneless with Ham Stand - Spanish Jamon Serrano Jamonprive - 1 Kg (Mini Version)

Great value for money. When you first get the ham it's covered in a protective oil coating. There may be a slight smell, but it's not bad. Using a damp cloth, give the ham a gentle rub and it'll be ready to use. The top layer of meat is a little hard, so can be trimmed off slightly. Once setup on the stand it looks very professional - perfect to add a little class to any meal. The serrano jamon itself has a great concentrated flavour, just like what I've had in Spain before. The amount of fat is the perfect amount and can be trimmed a little to preference. The meat is excellent quality and there's a lot of it. The stand is the weakest part of the set, but it does the job to keep the ham in place. A small drill help make the screws a bit more secure, but it works just fine assembled with a screwdriver. There are two simple crosshead screws used to construct the stand.The included blade is sharp enough to cut the meat with relative easy (sharpen it a bit more for those really thin slices).Overall I'm extremely satisfied with this product and would happily buy it again. Great for any gathering and makes for a nice gift too.

I purchased this for our family boxing day party. Looked great. Then we came to cut it. The knife is as blunt as a rock. I got my chefs knives out and I felt like was actually cutting a rock so the knife was adequate!!! With the few shavings I managed to get it the meat had an almost chemicals aftertaste. Not good. Not nice. Do not recommend

I ordered this after reminiscing of the lovely Serrano ham I had in Spain on holiday.Serrano Ham is best enjoyed really thinly sliced and eaten on its own - it's not so much a meat you cook with but rather enjoy as tapas. (Although you can use it while cooking if you really want to).The flavour of Serrano ham is best when thinly sliced, the Spanish pass the intricate slicing skills down through generations. A good cut must be so thin you can read newspaper print through it.Unfortunately for me, I'm not very skilled with a knife, my attempts were either very thick or too small. If you plan to slice this by hand you should be good with a knife, it's a long and involved process that can be frustrating if you aren't good enough at cutting.This isn't helped by the poor quality stand, full Serrano Ham stands will be at a steeper angle, allowing you to cut down at a greater angle which is a lot easier. This is the only downside, but wasn't a problem as I will go on to explain...I have a friend with a Magimix meat slicer. This was brilliant because on the thinnest setting you can get beautiful slices that *are* so thin you can read news print through it!Once sliced up, the meat was exactly how I remembered on holiday. This is a lovely ham with a definitive flavour. The ham has been cured for 10 months!Overall I'm really pleased with this purchase, it's quite expensive but well worth it for such a high quality piece of meat. The stand was a bit of a let down, but ultimately I wasn't buying it for the stand but for the meat!

Impossible to slice,have tried all knives, with little success, what I have managed to salvage was of good flavour.

Delicious and it is good for X'Mas & New Year!

Very difficult to get a decent slice off but it is tasty ham. I've had whole legs in the past and they have been a lot easier to cut. It was a nice center piece to a buffet though

This h was inedible even when sliced super thin (which was almost impossible to do )It was rock hard many layers down. I had to throw it away.

I am a great fan of Jamon and find these Mini hams absolutely perfect. The whole legs are a bit too much for me to get through so a compact version is ideal. This is the second one I've purchased and will be in for another soon. I got the first one for Glastonbury festival and it made the perfect breakfast for our gang of 12 with a bit of bread, cheese and tomato. It lasted in good condition for the 5 days we were there and was just the right quantity. The last one saw us through Landed festival and I still have enough for a couple of weeks of delicious chomping at home. Well presented, goof flavour, great value...........a winner.