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HCC | What Is Pancetta and How To Make It
What is Pancetta?
Pancetta in its simplest form is salted and cured pork belly that is native to Italian Cuisine and loved throughout the world. Commonly referred to as "Italian Bacon," pancetta's major difference from it's American counterpart is its lack of smoke. Pancetta is commonly flavored with different seasonings and spices, with each region of Italy, (and chef for that matter), having their own preferential spice blend. Common flavorings include, but are not limited to, black peppercorns, garlic, fennel seed, nutmeg, red chili and coriander. I prefer some less traditional flavors when making my own pancetta at Stella, and so far, the pancetta police hasn't come-a-knockin'. Here's my take:
How To Make Pancetta
Just with any other culinary pursuit, before one even gets started making pancetta, you must first acquire the highest quality products possible. This is even more imperative when making charcuterie, especially a simple f
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How to Make Pancetta
Last Updated on January 23, by Ashley Adamant
Homemade Pancetta is cured pork belly (un-smoked bacon) made with salt and spices. It&#;s incredibly easy to make at home, and the hardest part is waiting for your first taste!
Homemade Pancetta
Pancetta is often thought of as the Italian version of bacon. The cures are similar, though bacon often has quite a bit of sugar, while pancetta is often made without sugar or with minimal sugar. Bacon is usually smoked after curing, and pancetta hung to dry age for several weeks instead.
The result is delectable homemade charcuterie with an incredibly complex flavor, perfect for dicing fine and including in traditional Italian recipes. My personal favorite is Spaghetti Alla Carbonara, which I learned to make during a semester abroad in Italy. When I came home, I had the hardest time finding pancetta, so I decided to mak
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Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing
Charcuterie covers sausagemaking while Salumi fryst vatten about dry curing whole cuts of meat. Both books focus heavily on the Italian styles.
The books contain a great deal of kunskap regarding their topic (the word charcuterie encompasses sausages, cured meats and other foods such as pates and terrines). Unfortunately, some of this information fryst vatten incomplete, missvisande or simply wrong. For a full discussion of errors, search the usual food-related forums.
The books themselves are very nice, with beautiful photographs. In my opinion, this betrays the principal weakness in the books: They can't decide if they're cookbooks or coffee table food porn. The skrivelse reflects this, with little essays and anecdotes about the authors' childhoods, travels etc. interspersed with the recipes and techniques. This is per the standard of foodie books, but fr