Al Dente Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 The Asst. Team Manager at the OT WH is very enthusiastic about a domestic prosciuttio also available in her department, one that Mario Batali likes. (Is it from Seattle?) Again, thanks. The name of the brand is La Quercia and it's made in Iowa. Apparently, Batali is going to start using it in his restaurants. I haven't tried it yet, but it's getting rave reviews from Steve Jenkins, Charlie Trotter, and Jeffrey Steingarten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangold Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 The name of the brand is La Quercia and it's made in Iowa. Apparently, Batali is going to start using it in his restaurants. I haven't tried it yet, but it's getting rave reviews from Steve Jenkins, Charlie Trotter, and Jeffrey Steingarten. I tried it at the fancy foods show last year. It is quite good but the hams I had were more in the style of Culatello than Prosciutto. I don't know that it has any commercial distribution yet, but they are planning on going thru a well know national distributor and should be available. The pork is Niman Ranch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm chen Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I happened to be in Iowa City last week and saw some La Quercia at the meat counter of a Whole Foods-y type store. They were nice enough to let me sample it. Hard to tell from just the one piece, but I liked it. Maybe softer and a little moister than what I usually have around here, but I might have gotten an especially fatty slice. Anyway, quite tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 I also have ordered the Pancetta Americana, still waiting on that. Their "pancetta" is tremendously fatty. There is hardly a streak of meat in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangold Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I just got off the phone with La Quercia. Thanks to this discussion, I found out it is available. I will be looking at the product and we will see if we are going to use it at Dino. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the reminder!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm chen Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Unexpected taste test opportunity last night. La Quercia is on the menu at Agraria as part of the charcuterie plate, along with an Italian proscuitto (no details, sorry -- all we got was "Iowa" and "Italy.") Tasted a slice of each side by side. Could detect no difference at all, though I am obviously not a specialist. This was much less fatty than the slice I had in Iowa; the Iowan and Italian slices were both about the same level of fattiness, moisture, salt, flavor, everything. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Hard to tell. In any case, they were delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthitch Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I saw an unopened cryowraped leg at the Old Town Balducci's last week. I wish I had known more about it at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhone1998 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Sorry if this is old news (this is an old thread, and maybe their product is much more widely available now, but it's new to me), but Cork Market carries a speck from La Quercia that is delicious, super moist and rich with a slight smokiness to it. They may have a few other La Quercia products as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayrae Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 We also carry La Quercia products at Cowgirl Creamery in Penn Quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BklynBoy Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I have bought their products from Arrowine. Wonderful stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhone1998 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just noticed today that La Quercia speck is available pre-packaged at A Litteri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Just noticed today that La Quercia speck is available pre-packaged at A Litteri. It's available at Whole Foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Nice profile published yesterday by the New York Times: Some Prosciutto Fans Turn to Iowa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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