tasso
Louisiana cured meat
Tasso is a heavily spiced Cajun cured pork, similar to ham but more intensely seasoned with cayenne, garlic, and other spices.
It's used primarily as a flavoring ingredient rather than eaten on its own, adding smoky heat to dishes like gumbo, jambalaya, and red beans: The recipe calls for diced tasso.
Louisiana's French descendants
- porkPig as food
- smokyFilled with combustion haze
- seasoningSubstance improving food taste
- spicyHaving strong heat
shoulder · curing · Louisiana · andouille · gumbo · jambalaya · red beans · Creole
Of or from Rome's country
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- FerraraNorthern Italian city
- madnessMental derangement or folly
pastoral · sixteenth century · literary · crusade · poetry · Baroque · melancholy · Goethe
Cajun
Louisiana's French descendants
spicy · shoulder · curing · Louisiana · andouille · gumbo · jambalaya · red beans · Creole · charcuterie
Italian
Of or from Rome's country
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- FerraraNorthern Italian city
madness · pastoral · sixteenth century · literary · crusade · poetry · Baroque · melancholy · Goethe · ottava rima
European
From that continent
wildlife · omnivore · digging · stripes · fur · hibernate · woodland · foraging · snout · claw
- societabenefit
- cured meatsbacon, ham steak, pancetta, prosciutto, salami
- Louisiana cuisinegumbo, jambalaya, crawfish, etouffee, beignets
- Cajun Culturebayou, boudin, crawfish, etouffee, gumbo
- gumboroux, okra, holy trinity, andouille, seafood gumbo
- Southern Ingredientscollard greens, cornmeal, grits, ham hock, okra
tassopork tenderloin
Lean cylindrical pig muscle
Canadian bacon · ham · prosciutto · pork chop · serrano ham