Speck Trentino Ham (Piece 1.8kg ) Cured Meat Mauro and Chiara Casetta use

Mauro and Chiara Casetta use hams from their own free-range

Lardo is the protective layer of fat from high up on the pig's back

bruschetta with tomatoes and anchovies or served on a platter topped with grated walnuts

should be eaten within 3 -4 weeks

Speck Trentino Ham (Piece 1.8kg ) Cured Meat Mauro and Chiara Casetta useMassimo and Orietta Corr have a butchers shop in the village of Corredo 900ms up in the alpine Val di Non. He doesn't have his own pigs but buys them from a farmer in Cles. They are reared extensively just for him, only slaughtered at 14 16 months old. Massimo's speck is the ham that is deboned and opened up like a book. The hams spend 40 days in a salt and spice cure but with no nitrites or nitrates and are then smoked overnight using beech or