IBÉRICO MASTER CLASS
Montanera: A Pata Negra Master Class
Learn the Pig. Read the Leg. Use the Knife.
THURSDAY, OCT. 8 · 7:30PM
Mercado Central - Copa y Caña
252 Third Avenue, Brooklyn
Right now, in the oaken dehesas of western Spain, Iberian pigs are being turned loose to eat nothing but fallen acorns. It's called la montanera, running until March, and it is the single reason pata negra tastes the way it does. These unique animals nearly double in weight on the bellota, building the soft, translucent fat that after four years in a curing cellar, will glow on your plate and melt in your mouth.
We're opening the season with a hands on class. 2 hours with a whole pata negra shoulder on the stand, a knife in your hand, and enough wine to make the anatomy lesson go down easy.
You'll leave knowing how to:
- Tell the difference between the grades of Ibérico, and the spectrum of flavor in each. What the black hoof means, and how these animals are raised and cared for.
- Read a leg by zone: where the maza gives you marbling, where the babilla gives you intensity, what the punta is holding back.
- Name the cuts most of us don't see — presa, secreto, pluma, solomillo — where each sits on the animal, and cooking advice for each.
- Hold the knife, set the angle, and cut a slice thin enough to read through.
- Pair it, from bone-dry fino through Spanish reds, and understand why the sherry does something a red wine can't.
Included with your ticket
- Hands-on slicing instruction with a full jamón ibérico de bellota
- A run of seasonal tapas built around the ham
- A wine and sherry pairing flight
- Everything you carve, eaten on the spot
tickets are limited to 40ppl.
Montanera: A Pata Negra Master Class
Learn the Pig. Read the Leg. Use the Knife.
THURSDAY, OCT. 8 · 7:30PM
Mercado Central - Copa y Caña
252 Third Avenue, Brooklyn
Right now, in the oaken dehesas of western Spain, Iberian pigs are being turned loose to eat nothing but fallen acorns. It's called la montanera, running until March, and it is the single reason pata negra tastes the way it does. These unique animals nearly double in weight on the bellota, building the soft, translucent fat that after four years in a curing cellar, will glow on your plate and melt in your mouth.
We're opening the season with a hands on class. 2 hours with a whole pata negra shoulder on the stand, a knife in your hand, and enough wine to make the anatomy lesson go down easy.
You'll leave knowing how to:
- Tell the difference between the grades of Ibérico, and the spectrum of flavor in each. What the black hoof means, and how these animals are raised and cared for.
- Read a leg by zone: where the maza gives you marbling, where the babilla gives you intensity, what the punta is holding back.
- Name the cuts most of us don't see — presa, secreto, pluma, solomillo — where each sits on the animal, and cooking advice for each.
- Hold the knife, set the angle, and cut a slice thin enough to read through.
- Pair it, from bone-dry fino through Spanish reds, and understand why the sherry does something a red wine can't.
Included with your ticket
- Hands-on slicing instruction with a full jamón ibérico de bellota
- A run of seasonal tapas built around the ham
- A wine and sherry pairing flight
- Everything you carve, eaten on the spot
tickets are limited to 40ppl.
