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Description: The Chouriça de Carne de Melgaço PGI is a smoked and cold-cured horseshoe-shaped sausage, obtained from pigmeat from the shoulder, belly, trimmings and pork fat. It is a horseshoe-shaped sausage, light brown in colour, with a length of 30-35 cm and a diame-ter of between 2 and 3 cm, fairly smooth light-brown outside, moderately moist on the sur-face. Internally it reveals a well-bound filling, with irregular marbling of meat and fat and a medium hard consistency.
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Description: The Presunto de Vinhais PGI is a smoked ham made from the lower end of the back legs of the Bísaro breed of pig.
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Description: The Presunto de Santana da Serra and Paleta de Santana da Serra PGI are hams made from the Alentejana breed of pig. The Presunto is the leg and the Paleta is the shoulder and the pode (the trotter) and rind are kept.
Descrição: O Presunto de Campo Maior e Elvas e a Paleta de Campo Maior e Elvas IGP são presuntos da raça alentejana. Presunto é feito com as pernas traseiras e Paleta é feito com as pernas dianteiras.
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Description: Presunto de Barroso PGI is a ham obtained from the legs of pigs slaughtered between 16 and 18 months of age, fed naturally, mainly through exploitation by-products and family leftovers. Its color ranges from blood-red to red-brown, the fat being off-white. Commercially it can be presented whole or in boneless portions or slices.
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Description: Presunto/Paleta do Alentejo PDO is produced, respectively, from the legs and shoulders of ‘Alentejana’ breed pigs, weighting an excess of 5 kg (presunto) or 3,5 kg (paleta). It may be marketed whole, in pieces or sliced, with or without bone.