Terrible diagnosis amitrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) her husband decided to dedicate some of the profits from his factory in Salamanca to Carmen Hernández. Iberian sausages to help those affected by this disease that killed “beloved” Manuel a little over a month ago after five years of great suffering.
“We decided to create a special package, Double M Limited EditionTo collaborate with the ELA association of Castilla y León”, explains this woman, who quit her job as a Philosophy teacher for 35 years, to go horseback riding with her husband in Mozárbez. Montellano sausage factory A brand found in Spain’s best restaurants and gourmet shops. The meat of these pigs, rich in polyphenols, tocopherols and other healthy antioxidants, It is already one of the most desired snacks of Japanese gourmets, who put its flavor on the same level as lemon. wagyu beef, the world’s most expensive meat, and even with orders from Hong Kong, it reaches China.
Montellano high school Salamanca Where did Carmen study and left from there to marry Manuel. “We established the company with some savings that my parents gave me” in the Guijuelo sect feeds mainly on pigs Extremadura is north of Seville and part of the Portuguese Alentejo. On the family farm in Montegallardo, Salamanca mountains, Carmen Hernández raises 200 acorn-fed pigs starting the montane season on more than 300 hectares.
“We use about 10,000 pigs a year best quality to make our hams, shoulders, sirloins, dams, feathers, loins, chorizos and sausages,” explains before voicing his concern over the extreme heat this summer. can impoverish montanera due to grass shortage in holm oaks and cork oaks in dehesas and acorns.
And this be a real ‘black leg’ It requires a varied diet high in fat and sugar, lots of exercise, and a stress-free environment filled with lawns, holm oaks, cork oaks and puddles where it can get muddy. This is how the most gourmet Iberian pigs live the last ninety days before the sacrifice, a period of three months known as montanera. Pigs are slaughtered when they reach the age of two, so they enjoy two montanera.
a new concern Carmen and her daughter Carmen Curto Of course it is inflation. “Pig prices have skyrocketed,” complain these businesswomen, who travel miles a year to search for the best animals. They buy from trusted farmers when they are close to 100 pounds and cut when they reach 165. a fattening made in the field from October to February, Right after the Christmas campaign.
“We make sausages annually with 2,500 acorn-fed pigs, 6,000 free-range pigs and 2,000 forage-fed pigs,” he says. Pride of dream that started 35 years ago with her husband Glory is sold not only in Spain, but also in the best stores in Japan, Macau, Australia, Mexico, Colombia or Canada.
“We’re a family business and we know ALS very well,” emphasizes Carmen Curto, who was still reeling from the blow of losing her father after this horrific illness that left him slumped and immobilized. That’s why Montellano wants to dedicate part of the profit with the sale Double M Limited Edition To help those affected by ALS,” she concludes excitedly.
The package includes: Three bags of 80 grams of the jamon 75% Iberian special reserve for the 2017 vintage.