Prague ham () is a type of brine-cured, stewed, and mildly beechwood-smoked boneless hamPrague Ham originally from Prague in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). When cooked on the bone, it is called šunka od kosti (), considered a delicacy. It was first marketed in the 1860s by Antonín Chmel, a pork butcher from Prague's Zvonařka Street.
It was a popular export during the 1920s and 1930s, to the point that other cultures started copying the recipe and making it domestically. Pražská šunka/Prague ham is registered as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed in the European Union and the United Kingdom and can only be produced according to a specified procedure.
As street food Prague ham is traditionally served in restaurants and from street vendors with a side of boiled potatoesScam Detector - The Old Prague Ham Scam and often accompanied by Czech beer.
Names in other languages The following translations are registered for the Traditional Speciality Guaranteed:
Bulgarian: Пражка шунка Czech and Slovak: Pražská šunka Danish: Pragskinke Dutch: Praagse Ham Estonian: Praha sink Finnish: Prahalainen kinkku German: Prager Schinken Greek: Χοιρομέρι Πράγας Hungarian: Prágai sonka Italian: Prosciutto di Praga Latvian: Prāgas šķiņķis Maltese: Perżut ta' Praga Norwegian: Pragerskinke Polish: Szynka Praska Portuguese: Fiambre de Praga Romanian: Șuncă de Praga Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: Praška šunka Serbian: Прашка шунка Spanish: Jamón de Praga Swedish: Pragskinka
See also Czech cuisine List of hams
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