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Meat of the matter: the best charcuterie for spring feasts
When the promise of good weather calls, grab your best Riedel, some wheels of Emmental and a handful of these meats
The finest dining-table spreads can vary greatly in their content – they may display bottles of juicy Beaujolais or batches of pre-made Martinis, sizeable stacks of crumbly cheese or loaves of rustic soda bread, herby dips from the Levant or just a few ramekins of clear olive oil – but they’re all united by a central arrangement of show-stopping aged meat.
Though the food whisperers may write romantically about the beauty of market-grade produce and things grabbed straight from the soil, it is charcuterie and cold cuts that are perhaps the most evocative and coveted of all the dinner party foodstuffs given that they’re fortified by the age-old flavours of salt, funk, flesh and time. With spring in bloom, here are some choice options to procure for your alfresco affairs.
From top down: IBERICO BELLOTA MORCON, Spain, Pork based, £8.50 per 100g, harrods.com; CURING REBELS, Pirata Loin, 55g, £5.50, curingrebels.com; CASA RIERA ORDEIX, Salchichón de Vic, 300g, £20, brindisa.com; MILD CHORIZO HOOP, Spain, 200g, £10.50, harrods.com; SALAMI UNGHERESE, Italy, Pork based, £4.50 per 100g, harrods.com; SMOKED BEEF SALAMI, Germany, £4 per 100g, harrods.com
This feature was taken from our Spring 2025 issue. Read more about it here.
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