Cured meat
Culatello di Zibello
Quick answer
Culatello di Zibello is a prized ham made from the heart of the pork leg, aged in foggy cellars along the Po.
Often called the king of Italian salumi.
How to use it: on its own, very thinly sliced, with butter and bread.
- Type
- Cured meat
- Origin
- Emilia-Romagna (DOP)
- Made from
- Pork thigh muscle
- Best uses
- on its own, very thinly sliced, with butter and bread.
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