RYUKYU BERKSHIRE CROSS HAM ON THE BONE (WHOLE)
$215.15 – $225.64
Product Description
** SOLD OUT ONLINE FOR 2023 **
Stocks still available at Ashgrove & Rosalie stores. Phone 3366 2912 for details.
LOCAL, FARM DIRECT – small batch production
Ryukyu Berkshire Cross Ham on the Bone
This is our premium Christmas Ham and it’s as good as it gets when it comes to flavour, texture and supporting local.
Traditionally lightly cured and double wood smoked for 12 hours.
The Berkshire Breed is renowned for their superior meat quality and often described as “the Wagyu of pork’.
THE TASTE
Berkshire’s genetics results in a pork product with high intramuscular fat.
This fat composition is soft, white and full of flavour. These attributes result in a delicately tender meat with a moist texture that is richly savoury with a slight sweetness.
This is honestly like no other pork we’ve tried before.
Our Christmas Hams are smoked locally by Gilly’s Smallgoods.
100% AUSTRALIAN PORK
- Farm Direct | Sourced Locally
- Small Batch | Limited Availability
- Gluten and allergen free
NOTE: If you would like our butchers to prepare your ham, ready for glazing (we gently remove the skin, score the fat and then replace the skin before it is cryovacced), please select PREPARED FOR GLAZING in the ‘Cut Options‘.
If you would like your ham left as is, please select TRADITIONAL in the ‘Cut Options‘.
This Peach & Mustard Glazed Ham recipe is a modern, summery twist on a Christmas tradition.
“The Christmas ham we bought this year was the best ever, to date. And we have sourced it from Billy’s every year since you took over the shop. We bought a whole Ryuku, not prepped. The thicker layer of fat on the outside was great, keeping the inside meat moister and adding flavour and texture and a traditional feel and appearance. We weren’t concerned about the wastage, as the benefits of the fat were obvious. Add to this some ‘marbling’ for want of a better term, with small amounts of more fat strands laced throughout between the muscles would also have helped the moisture level and flavour. It has the right amount of moisture throughout, quite even, and no dry or overly moist bits. The flavour was lovely, and the level of saltiness just right. It has also lasted well, better then some years (always regularly rinsing the bag in vinegar solution), and we are down to the last half kilo before freezing the bones with some small chunks of meat for the winter pea and ham soup.
So, to recap, best ham ever to date and we hope the next few will match it.”
Saira, Ashgrove (January 2020)