pancetta
Cured pork belly
Pancetta is Italian cured pork belly, similar to bacon but unsmoked.
It comes in flat slabs or rolled into a cylinder, sliced thin for sandwiches or diced for cooking.
Pancetta adds rich, savory depth to pasta dishes like carbonara: Render the pancetta until crispy, then add the garlic.
Egg-and-pork pasta
- amatricianaTomato-based Roman pasta sauce
- antipastoItalian appetizer course
- risottoCreamy Italian grain dish
- pastaShaped wheat dough
bruschetta · Italy · Tuscany · trattoria · pecorino · ciabatta · focaccia · ragù
Preserved meat preparation
- salumiItalian preserved meat products
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
- capicolaDry-cured pork shoulder
- soppressataCoarse Italian dry-cured salami
coppa · lardo · salted · brined · aged · air-dried · preserved · curing
Appetizing, not sweet
- umamiFifth taste sensation
- saltyTasting of brine
- smokyFilled with combustion haze
- richHaving much of something
peppery · aromatic · meaty · earthy · robust · porky · fatty · succulent
carbonara
Egg-and-pork pasta
- amatricianaTomato-based Roman pasta sauce
- antipastoItalian appetizer course
- risottoCreamy Italian grain dish
pasta · bruschetta · Italy · Tuscany · trattoria · pecorino · ciabatta · focaccia · ragù · soffritto
charcuterie
Preserved meat preparation
- salumiItalian preserved meat products
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
- capicolaDry-cured pork shoulder
soppressata · coppa · lardo · salted · brined · aged · air-dried · preserved · curing · dry-cured
savory
Appetizing, not sweet
rich · peppery · aromatic · meaty · earthy · robust · porky · fatty · succulent · spiced
rendered
Depicted or processed
lardons · sautéed · fried · wrapped · studded · braised · roasted · flavor base · fat · drippings
belly
Front midsection
fatback · ham · meat · protein · butcher · pork fat · marbled · pink · streaky
- Italian foodpasta, spaghetti, risotto, gnocchi, ravioli
- Bacon Typesstreaky bacon, Canadian bacon, back bacon, turkey bacon, rashers
- Bologneseground beef, tomatoes, onion, carrot, celery
- colazionebrioche, caffe, cappuccino, cereals, cornetto
- cured meatsbacon, ham steak, prosciutto, salami, pepperoni
- delipastrami, corned beef, salami, roast beef, turkey breast
pancettabacon
Cured smoked pork
streaky bacon · Canadian bacon · smoked ham · salt pork · fatback
pancettaturkey bacon
Cured poultry breakfast meat
beef bacon · mushroom bacon · tofu · tempeh · fish