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guanciale

American  
[gwan-cha-lay] / gwanˈtʃa leɪ /

noun

  1. a cured, well-seasoned Italian pork product made from the cheeks or jowls.


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I bought a tub of amatriciana, flecked with visible hunks of guanciale and red pepper flakes, and a box of rigatoni.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Next door, there’s an Italian market that has cheese and guanciale and fresh pasta and they make like five different sandwiches.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

At the Roman trattoria Da Felice, wine-and-sun drenched diners ordered pasta with fava beans, peas and guanciale as Cesare Murtas, a manager who is from Sardinia, looked on beside the front door’s beware-of-fava-beans sign.

From New York Times May 13, 2023

Gricia is made by adding guanciale to cacio e pepe, which is just cheese and pepper.

From Salon Apr. 2, 2023

Gill says fattier guanciale results in softer bites of meat.

From Washington Post Feb. 23, 2022

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