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Code: BEL100
Shipping Weight: 2.85 pounds

Tocino does not have any meat, however what it does have is pure Ibérico de Bellota fat that is infused with the qualities of the bellota (acorns) that it consumes during the montañera. The oil of the fat is wonderfully flavorful, and lends itself to lardo, suatéing and even homemade sausage. Tocino is located by the side of the backbone.

Also known as the Fatback, this cut weighs 2.83lbs on average.

Known as Pata Negra or Black Hoof, the Ibérico pig, is a descendant of the wild boar that once inhabited the Mediterranean forests. The last free ranging and grazing pigs in Europe, the Ibérico pigs are an integral piece of an ecosystem that exists today solely in the dehesa, the cultivated holm oak and cork forest of western Spain.

During the fattening season or montañera, Ibérico pigs feast almost exclusively on fallen acorns (known as bellota) and wild herbs. This entirely natural diet and the exclusive ability of the Ibérico pig to store large fatty deposits, which filter throughout the muscle mass liberally marbling the meat in appearance, give it the incomparable tenderness, taste, and texture that make Ibérico de Bellota the best pork in its class.