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Local Spanish Olive Oil
Locally produced extra virgin olive oil. Something at the forefront of the Orce Serrano Hams vision is to support local producers. In fact most of the stock in the online delicatessen is locally produced and olive oil is no exception.This extra virgi...
Iberico Ham Special Offer
Spanish Iberico ham or "Jamon Iberico" It is quite unusual to have Iberian hams on offer, after all why? Its the best ham in the world, needs no introduction to the savvy foodie and above all provides one of the worlds tastiest gastronomic treats.Thi...
Orce Serrano Christmas Special
Spanish cheese, wine, serrano ham and extra virgin olive oil - this 2009 Christmas is all about flavour.This artisan Christmas selection has been put together with complimentary flavour in mind - everything works around the 16 month cured Serrano Ham...
Real Spanish Chorizos
Authentic homemade Spanish chorizos direct from Andalucia. Orce chorizos have proven very popular, especially the extra hot "Fire" chorizo. The problem is now, the locals have caught on to the Fire chorizo and are, lets say depleting the stocks!A bit...
Orce Serrano Hams Newsletter
The latest news, special offers, new products and exclusive information on Spanish gourmet. Subscribe and receive a bottle of Spain's finest Cazorla olive oil with any Serrano or Iberico ham.You have been asking us if we can keep you up to date with ...
Sliced Serrano Ham
Spanish Serrano ham reserva sliced to order and dispatched direct from Andalucia.We can remember when local butcher Julian agreed to supply us with what is now the Orce Serrano Ham Reserva. At the time it was named the "150 Reserva" due to only 151 b...
BUY SERRANO HAM - SAVE 20%
Special offer for all Orce Serrano Hams customers! This weekend we are offering a huge 20% discount on all full bone in serrano hams (inc front leg paletas)Simply choose your serrano ham from the online delicatessen and enter this code: OSH20 in the ...
Spanish Butchers
Buying from your local Spanish butcher can, at times be a bewildering experience. Choice cuts of lomo tenderloin, variations of offal, legs and paletillas of lamb, morcon, morcilla, brains (yes, brains) trotters and prime ham...There is a big issue i...
White Dots in Spanish Ham.
The white dots or "flecks" you can sometimes see in Serrano or Iberico hams are a build of harmless amino acids. Many experts in Spain actually regard the presence of these white flecks as a sign of excellent quality and curing. Again, harmless these...
Buying a Ham Stand
Buying a Spanish ham stand can be a difficult choice as there are many models of "jamonero" available. Designs are plentiful with good models built for the purpose of holding your serrano or iberico ham safely and securely in place. The general rule ...
Iberico Bellota Chorizo
Iberico bellota chorizo from "Guijuelo" in Salamanca is some of the best acorn fed sausage available. Weighing in at around 1.1 kilos they are also very large so great for enjoying at tapas parties or Spanish themed functions. The chorizo in particul...
Gourmet Spanish Gifts
The finest Iberian Hams from Spain incorporated into unique Spanish "selections" with flavour combinations in mind. Simple works so why complicate things? Iberian bellota hams are among the finest in the world so putting together a selection of compl...
Serrano Ham Paleta
The Spanish Serrano ham "paleta". We often get asked what is a paleta? The paleta is the smaller front leg of the pig where as the ham or "jamon" is the larger rear leg.Why a "paleta"? The smaller front leg is a great starting point if you have never...
Granada Tapas Tours
If you went into a bar and saw on the menu the offering “You inhabit child’s overall with ham”, would you know what you were ordering?It turns out that, for one bar in Salobréña on the Costa Tropical, this was the translation they offered fo...
Horchata de Valencia
Chufi Horchata - Horchata de ValenciaWow its hot in England this week! Lets hope it stays that way for this weekends BBQ's, Wimbledon and generally a taste of summer - a bit of good weather to cheer everyone up after all of this years doom and gloom,...
Serrano Ham and Cheese
Serrano ham and Manchego cheese - perfect tapas? Well we think so although accompanied by a good red wine really does compliment the duo quite nicely!Not that often we write a promotional post on this blog but for the benefit of our readers in the EU...
Serrano Ham Pieces
Serrano ham pieces are great if you don't need a full ham, they are of course boneless, easy to carve and unlike full leg serrano hams can be kept in the fridge. Looking after your ham piece is very simple and much the same as a full ham - simply ru...
Cola Cao Free Gifts
The Spanish drink "Cola Cao" has been around for decades - there was even a song named after it so in a way its one of Spain's most famous products. Cola Cao have various offers on their chocolate drink from time to time but there is always a freebi...
Changing Blogger Template
Mmmm, what went wrong... nothing really it just turned out that our last Top Spanish Tapas template didn't work all that well in some versions of Internet Explorer so we have gone back to basics, simplified things and hope that everything is much cl...
New Spanish Food
This summer sees some fantastic new products at the Spanish deli Orce Serrano Hams. Some of these products are exclusive to our artisan producers and include some fantastic 2kg Bacalao salt cod and a new, very special Iberian ham.To keep our custome...
Buy Spanish Chorizo in America
USDA regulations.... Wow they are strict! However, all considered we felt it appropriate to let our enquirers from the States know that there is another option for sourcing Spanish hams and cured meats in the US. Unfortunately we (as a Spanish based...
Buy Serrano Ham
10% OFF ALL SERRANO HAMS THIS APRIL!Take advantage of this very special offer for Easter 2009 and save 10% off your serrano ham purchase. Below we have 3 examples of Spanish serrano hams:BodegaReservaExtra Bodega Grand ReservaIf there was ever a tim...
Cured Bonito Tuna
Cured Bonito Tuna is a real delicassy and very hard to find in the UK. A far cry from the tinned Bonito del Norte these full fish have an exquisite flavour, texture and aroma. Top class tapas.For these tapas we have simply sliced some fresh crusty b...
Andalucian Cave Holidays
Ever considered a "cave" holiday?Staying with the subject of Andalucian cave dwellings we thought it would be good to give a well deserved mention to the guys at Cueva Santa Maria. A cave which can only be described as fabulous accommodation! Cueva ...
Orce - Cave Dwellings
Fuente Nueva, literally meaning “New Fountain” lies on the outskirts of Orce village. Six kilometres into the countryside the hamlet is distinguished by its cave dwellings hewn from the rock around two hundred years ago. Fuente Nueva is home to ...
Tapas Recipe Kits
Have you ever fancied creating your own Bacalao Fritters, Fabada Asturiana or Gambas as Pil Pil?Following on from our recipe for the Orce "Fire" Chorizo last year we decided to create some authentic recipe kits for popular Spanish dishes which make ...
Ponche Caballero
*"Ponche Caballero" is one of those liquors that has been around for decades. It has been made in the same way for nearly one hundred years, the production process is very time consuming... The liquor is actually made from Spanish brandy, this is bl...
Spanish Food Glossary
Spanish cooking...Sometimes there are words or terms in recipes that not everyone will know, some Spanish terms have no direct translation or on occasion the obvious may not be so! ie: Melacaton - sounds like it could be melon but is actually peach.I...
Paprika de La Vera
Smoked paprika as an ingredient in Spanish cooking is very popular and used in a variety of main meals and tapas. Smoked paprika generally comes from the "La Vera" region which carries the D.O stamp or Denominacion de Origen - the recognised sign of ...
Green Gold
"Green Gold from Catalunya"Its not every day a Spanish product comes along that excels in every department but when Chris and Jennifer Davenport approached us a few weeks ago and said "would you like to try our olive oil" of course we said yes.Known ...
