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FERMÍN · SpainIbérico Pork
Ibérico Pork Backfat Skin-On (Tocino)
Skin-on backfat for larding, confit, or rendering into crackling.
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Shipping Note: Ships Monday–Wednesday, packed in dry ice. Local delivery is available for nearby orders. All other pantry items ship via ground.
Arrives cold or we replace itSame product we deliver to restaurantsNo hormones · no antibiotics
Provenance
- Origin
- Spain
- Producer
- FERMÍN
- Cut
- Backfat, skin on (Tocino)
- Breed
- Ibérico (Black Iberian pig)
- Raised
- Free-range on the oak dehesa of Salamanca; raised on pasture, grain and acorns
- Weight
- Sold by the piece, approx. 2 lb
Ibérico Pork Backfat Skin-On (Tocino) comes from FERMÍN's Ibérico herds in La Alberca, Salamanca — the same free-range Black Iberian pigs behind the brand's award-winning cured hams, shipped fresh rather than cured.
Cut: Tocino — skin-on backfat used for larding, confit, or rendering into crackling.
Storage: Ships fresh or frozen depending on availability. Refrigerate immediately on arrival and use within 3–4 days, or keep frozen at 0°F and thaw in the refrigerator before cooking.
Thawing & cooking
Storage: refrigerate on arrival at 34–38°F and use within 3–4 days, or freeze at 0°F for up to 6 months. • Thawing (if frozen): keep sealed and thaw in the refrigerator 24 hours; or submerge the sealed pack in cold water, changing every 30 minutes. Cook within 3 days of thawing. • Render: cube, cook slowly over low heat until fat melts and cracklings (chicharrones) are crisp; strain. • Lard: cut into thin strips and thread through lean roasts to baste them from the inside. • Cure: salt heavily with herbs for 2–3 weeks in the fridge to make lardo-style tocino.
Rendered Ibérico fat is prized for frying eggs, potatoes and confit.
Shipping & cold chain
Shipping Note: Ships Monday–Wednesday, packed in dry ice. Local delivery is available for nearby orders. All other pantry items ship via ground.
Free next-day delivery in Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Phoenix on orders of $200 or more.
Free shipping on orders over $200.
About FERMÍN
FERMÍN IBÉRICO — Crafted in La Alberca, Salamanca, since 1956
Founded by Fermín Martín and Victoriana Gómez in a medieval mountain village over 1,000 m high, inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
In 2005 became the first company authorized to export Ibérico products to the United States; first to export organic Ibérico pork to the U.S. (2016)
Raises its own genetically selected Ibérico pigs at Finca Los Helechales; free-range on the oak dehesa
Still family-run by the founders' children, and sold in more than 20 countries
Where it comes from