Sliced Heritage Prosciutto from Volpi Foods
3 oz packs, aged 18 months
Ready-to-eat, just open and serve!
Choose 4 or 8 packs from the drop down menu above
- Humanely raised on pasture by independent family farmers
- 100% antibiotic-free with no nitrates or nitrites
- Heritage pork has more marbling resulting in more tender and juicy meat
This prosciutto is delicious with an intense earthiness and a subtly sweet and nutty flavor. Hand-rubbed, salted, and air dried for a perfect melt-in-your-mouth texture. Volpi dries their meats by adjusting the temperature and humidity of natural airflows, just as John Volpi did back in 1902 when he opened Volpi Foods in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1898, John Volpi arrived in America from his home in Milan, Italy, bringing with him little more than a craft and a vision. Having learned from his elders the ancient European art of dry curing, John had a dream of importing the centuries-old traditions across the ocean—thus continuing to serve his customers once they migrated to America.
In 1957, upon John’s passing, his nephew, Armando Pasetti, took the helm of the company, which had become a thriving business. In 1980, he continued to meet consumer demand by bringing Volpi Foods national, and enlisted his daughter to help run the manufacturing plant. An eager pupil, Lorenza studied first-hand the techniques behind Volpi’s premium meats—and supplemented her culinary expertise with an MBA from Washington University.
In 2002, exactly 100 years after John Volpi opened his business, Armando passed the torch to Lorenza. Now, as president of Volpi Foods, Lorenza continues to refine her great-uncle’s craft—while adhering to the techniques he brought with him to America more than a century ago.
