Presunto () is dry-cured ham from Portugal, similar to Italian cuisine prosciutto or Spanish cuisine jamón. Among the wide variety of presuntos in Portugal, the most famous are presunto from Chaves, produced in the north of Portugal, and that from the Alentejo, in the south, made from local Alentejano pigs.
Several varieties of presunto are protected by European law with geographical indications.
Etymology
The word is from Vulgar Latin past participle
persunctus, ultimately from the verb
sugo, 'to suck', and is unrelated to identical words in Italian and Spanish coming from the also past participle
praesumptus, ultimately from
sumo, 'to (under)take, occupy' (see ).
Presunto PDO and IGP
In March 2014, six varieties of
presunto were protected by European law registered with protected designation of origin:
See also
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List of Portuguese food and drink products with protected status
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List of hams
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List of dried foods
