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pancetta
[ pan-chet-uh ]
/ pænˈtʃɛt ə /
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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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Origin of pancetta
First recorded in 1950–55; from Italian: literally, “little belly,” diminutive of pancia “belly, paunch,” from Latin pantic- (stem of pantex ) “belly, paunch, guts” + -etta diminutive suffix (cf. -ette)
Words nearby pancetta
pancake, Pancake Day, pancake ice, pancake kidney, pancarditis, pancetta, Panchaia, Pancha Sila, panchax, panchayat, Panchen Lama
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How to use pancetta in a sentence
Some will say, of course, that if it contains anything besides pasta, pancetta, cheese, eggs, salt and pepper, it’s not carbonara.
Fluffy carbonara frittata, a riff on the classic pasta|Daniela Galarza|April 15, 2021|Washington PostI’d sneak pancetta into dishes that didn’t call for it because, as another saying goes, “fat is flavor!”
Food was my life — until a heart attack at 41 almost killed me|Rob Petrone|March 3, 2021|Washington PostClams, which taste incredibly good simply steamed, are made even better with the addition of pancetta, or Italian bacon.
British Dictionary definitions for pancetta
pancetta
/ (pænˈtʃɛtə, Italian panˈtʃetta) /
noun
a lightly spiced cured bacon from Italy
Word Origin for pancetta
Italian, literally: little belly
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