pancetta

[pan-chet-uh]

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noun

Italian pork belly cured with salt, pepper, and other spices and air-dried up to four months, tightly rolled in a cylinder.

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Related Words for pancetta

pancetta, pork, rasher, sowbelly, gammon

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Contemporary Examples of pancetta

Clams, which taste incredibly good simply steamed, are made even better with the addition of pancetta, or Italian bacon.
What to Eat
Cookstr.com
August 25, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for pancetta

pancetta

noun

a lightly spiced cured bacon from Italy

Word Origin for pancetta

Italian, literally: little belly

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