DEHESA Forest & herbaceous pasture
• Trees, mainly Quercus ilex, suber, pyrenaica, faginea Other trees incude beech, pine, chestnut
• Non timber forest products include wild gamemushrooms, honey, cork
• Wild boar, sheep, deer, goats and cattle graze the forests.
• Oaks are protected & pruned to produce ACORNS to fatten Iberian pigs
JAMON IBERICO DE BELLOTA
• ACCOUNTS FOR 8% OF PRODUCTION• PIGS RELEASED IN AUTUMN, THEY EAT
ABOUT 2 kg OF ACORNS A DAY• THEY GAIN ABOUT 1 kg A DAY AND AFTER
ABOUT 4 MONTHS (montanera) HAVE DOUBLED THEIR BODYWEIGHT.
• THEY`RE CURED FOR A MINIMUM OF 36 MONTHS