The shoulder is a different product from ham but with the same quality; with a greater amount of fat, which gives it a delicious and very characteristic flavor. Our pork shoulders are cured for 8 to 10 months in our drying room in the Alpujarra de Granada. Granada. Here it is the climate and air of the Sierra Nevada that sets the temperature and humidity that the paletas need in each one of the the pork shoulders need in each of their curing stages. The only way to control the temperature in our natural curing process are the windows of our facilities, which remain open. the windows of our facilities, which remain open during the night to let in the fresh, pure Sierra Nevada air. and pure air from the Sierra.