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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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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

In Italy, the meat of choice is often guanciale, which is made from pork jowls, or cheeks.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2022

They're usually sold in pairs and are an inexpensive cut of meat, which makes them a great alternative to pricier, smoked pork products like bacon, pancetta, or guanciale.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2021

Right now guanciale, a cured pork jowl traditionally used to make spaghetti alla carbonara, is flying off the shelves, as is an Italian orange soda called Chinotto.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

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