Jamon everybody

The ninth in our occasional series, Quite Interesting Things you maybe Didn’t Know about Borough Market focuses on Brindisa, one of our favourite places in the whole market. If you’ve never been to Brindisa, go.

This is Zac, hard at work on one of Brindisa’s wonderful hams.

Joselito Gran Reserva ibérico is widely regarded as Spain’s best ham, with a sweet and nutty and a melting texture. Using free range pigs fed on a diet of acorns, the production of these hams in Guijuelo near Salamanca has remained the same for a century.

Jabugo ibérico ham is produced by the same supplier, but from pigs only partially fed on acorns and cured further south in hotter temperatures for less time, this ham is slightly more savoury.

Brindisa has a tapas bar and a shop. The shop sells the best olives and the best ham you’ll find anywhere. The tapas bar is brilliant, but you can’t book in advance, just turn up, and enjoy.