A really funny way to learn how to delight and enjoy this typical Spanish Dish

“A well-cut ham might become exquisite”.

Madrid, November the 1st 2004.

Every body knows ham as the real typical Spanish dish; however, the difficulties for cutting and conserve it makes most of times, this food not enough profited. Therefore, in our store at Ayala street in La Paz marketplace, we will give lessons during every Sunday morning for all those people that want to get the best of their ham pieces.


Knowing how to get the best from dry slices, where and which temperature we should set to preserve it or how to slice ham will be some of the tricks that students could learn in only a morning time.

Will be good for them and for their guest in order to enjoy in a better way this typical dish.

Besides the assistant will have the chance to practice what they just learned, cutting by themselves a whole piece of ham by both sides using an specialized ham cutting knife. The lessons will be not only directed on perception senses, will also be directed to safety.

Know how to use hands and the position of the body while we´re slicing ham will be one of the basic things we´ll learn in order to avoid accidents and injuries. Students will learn also the way to use many utensils like nails, humid rags and others. In general, to get a real good slices from a full propriety food as the ham is.

Starting cut correctly a ham piece its one of the most important thing for the best profiting.

And avoid twisting cut or going to much deep until the bone. A very thin slice, almost transparent, is the best way to delight one of the organoleptic conditions of this meal, like the smell, texture and taste. Even when the cut depends on the owner preferences, specialist recommends slice´s width should be thin as it could vanish in the mouth without masticate. It means, the advised width should be the same of the piece it self and advised length around 3 or 4 cms.

During the course we´ll learn different ways to cut ham depending on area we´re slicing, like cube shaped named “tacos”, which it’s a good way to get the best from the nerve area.

The final result of a good ham slicing depends most on precision cut, and the fact of cutting it in a wrong way could represent the lost of it most precious conditions, even when is a high quality piece. If slice cut we´re practicing is too thick it could give our piece an unwished texture like rubber or cork, in some cases might give us the sensation of nervous zone taste.


BUYING A GOOD HAM PIECE

Talking about buying, customers usually are not capable to recognize a good ham piece. So, we will give them some ideas about how to make the best choice, and learn to difference it. We as almost 40 years experienced on the delicatessen sector, will show you the most remarkable differences between most known origin denominations.


AN ORIGINAL GIFT

Our proposal is no place to doubt, a real present for gastronomy lovers. Every one around you will be beneficiated having close a person who has the necessary skills to slice a ham piece which in some cases might be really expensive. Consuming ham nowadays its very extended in our country, so it makes our lesson be a perfect gift to all those will receive for first time one of those ham pieces and also for people the uses to have it and with the pass of time they does not know what to do with it.
The price of the course its 100 euros, IVA included.
Inscription forms. (+34) 91 576 45 45. c/ Ayala, 28 Madrid or e-mail info@labandejita.com.