Euskal Txerri, the basque pig
The Basque Pig
Quality, result of a slow process
Euskal Txerri’s (Basque Pig) main trait is its big, droopy ears over the eyes to the nose, which are dragged while routing for fruit or eating fresh grass. Both the head and the rump are black. Free-roaming animals, and as their circle of life and curing period is preserved, high quality products are created.
In the process of being recovered
Up until 1974 there used to be three native species in Euskal Herria: Baztan pig, Txato or Muturmotz from Vitoria-Gasteiz; and Euskal Txerri, that once the other two became extinct is the only surviving one.
Tolosaldea’s two farms
There are currently two farmhouses that work of the process of recovering the Euskal Txerri breed, and make products from them: chorizo, ham, loin, Iberian spicy sausage, bacon, txistorra, pâté...
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Opening hours
From Tuesday to Friday
11:00 — 14:00 /
16:00 — 18:00
Saturdays
10:00 — 14:00 /
16:00 — 18:00
Sundays
10:00 — 14:00
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