Name: Maldonado Lomito - Sliced
Brand: Maldonado
SKU: limlp
Price: 6.14 GBP
Availability: Discontinued

Brand: Maldonado

Breed: Purebred Iberian

Diet: Bellota Top quality: pig fed exclusively on acorns (more)

Origin: Extremadura

Cut: Loin blade end

Producer: Maldonado

Slicing: Thinly cold-sliced with a slicing machine and hand packed. Different packs in an order may come from different pieces and batches.

Processing: The blade end of the loin is the juiciest and one of the most prized parts of the pig (there are two in each pig). Lomito is similar to Maldonado's lomo embuchado, but juicier because there is more fat in this part of the loin.
The outer fat is removed from the loins and they are seasoned and marinated for 48 hours, then stuffed into natural colon casings and dried and matured for 8 to 12 months.
When the lomitos reach the optimum point of curing, they are stored in the tradition of the matanza (pig butchering season) in Extremadura by placing them in an earthenware jar and covering them with white lard from the same pigs.
Ingredients: Blade end of the loin from bellota-grade purebred Iberian pigs, paprika, garlic, salt and authorized preservatives.

Production: Bellota-grade purebred Iberian pigs. A purebred Iberian pig comes from parents of 100% Iberian bloodstock (not cross-bred) and accounts for less than 5% of the country's Iberian pigs. The animals add at least 37% of their initial weight on a diet consisting mainly of acorns, grass, roots and tubers.

Enjoying your lomito: To completely enjoy its flavor, remove it from the plastic pack 20 minutes prior to consumption.
Once vacuum is lost, remove the lomito from the plastic pack.
Keep between 0 ºC and 5 ºC (32 ºF to 41 ºF).

For purchases of 1 to 9 packs, each of them ships in an easy-open blister, and they are all packed in a white cardboard box to prevent damage during shipping.

Individual blister pack

Purchases of 10 or more packs are packed in a box (see photo). All shipped in a white box to prevent damage during shipping.

Box for 10 or more packs

Open box of Maldonado <cite>Lomito</cite> - Sliced

The open box

Maldonado brand logo

Cárnicas Maldonado is one of the most renowned artisanal producers in Extremadura. Proof of this is that their hams have received several Premios Espiga awards.

All Maldonado cuts come with a quality certificate guaranteeing that they have passed the rigorous controls of origin (purebred Iberian pigs), diet (acorns) and processing (artisanal).