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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Example Sentences

The foreboding carbonara was brewing in my mind — enticed by ingredients of splendid quality; guanciale, pecorino and fresh eggs.

From Salon

I added the rendered guanciale fat for extra flavor and set the toasted bits aside.

From Salon

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

Guanciale is made from the pig’s jowls, seasoned with bay leaves, pepper and juniper.

From Washington Times

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