Overview
Mojama de Isla Cristina is the PGI salt-cured and dried tuna loin associated with Isla Cristina and the Huelva coast.
Where it's from
Climate. The wind-dried coast of the Gulf of Cadiz, in the path of the almadraba tuna.
Altitude. Sea level
The cut
How to recognise it
It is a compact dark loin with a smooth dense slice and clean cured-tuna aroma. The surface and centre must be dry and sound, without rancidity, sourness or wet spoilage.
Origins and history
The fishing and salting communities of Isla Cristina developed around Atlantic tuna and long-distance preservation. Mojama became one of the coast's most valued cured-fish products.
- Production today
- Protected production under the applicable specification.
- Protection
- PGI
- Tradition vs modern
- The registered process and product identity control.
Compare with. Mojama
Serving and cultural significance
It is eaten in fine slices with olive oil, toasted almonds, tomato and local bread, and remains a signature product of the Huelva coast.
Recipe and cure
This protected child record documents the official product identity. It does not yet contain a Curesmith home recipe.
Curesmith home adaptation — not designation-compliant
Make this — the measured Curesmith version →The cure below is the traditional reference. “Make this” opens the measured Curesmith home recipe, scaled to your batch.
Traditional or protected production
The PGI specification controls raw material, salting, washing, pressing, drying and the geographical production stages. The protected product has water activity below 0.90.
- Meat
- fish (tuna)
- Cut
- loin, bloodline removed
- Salt (%)
- official protected specification controls
- Curing salt
- official protected specification controls
- Other agents
- official protected specification controls
- Fermented
- No
- Smoked
- No
- Target aW or weight loss
- official protected specification controls
- Temperature (°C)
- official protected specification controls
- Humidity (%)
- official protected specification controls
- Maturation
- official protected specification controls
- Basis
- protected specification
- Style
- Protected traditional process
Method
- Follow the complete official protected specification and conformity system.
- Do not substitute the generic parent recipe or a Curesmith house method for the registered process.
Notes
- The official protected specification controls the named product. Any Curesmith EQ, starter-culture, curing-salt or home-scale adaptation is a separate method and must not be presented as designation-compliant.
Safety. Protected-specification process controls this product. Any home method requires separate technical validation.
In the Codex
What this product teaches, and where to read more.
Temple. Roof, Water Activity