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Guanciale (Italian: [ɡwanˈtʃaːle]) is an Italian salt-cured meat product prepared from pork jowl or cheeks. [1] Its name is derived from guancia, meaning 'cheek'. [2] Its rendered fat gives flavour to and thickens the sauce of pasta dishes. [3]
This is a list of some of the pig breeds considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian. [1]: 69–70 [2] [3]
The Italian Landrace (Italian: Landrace Italiana) is an Italian breed of domestic pig. It derives from the Danish Landrace breed developed in Denmark at the end of the nineteenth century. [2] Stock was imported into Italy after the Second World War. The breed has been selected principally for suitability for the production of prosciutto crudo.
It is widely available wherever significant Italian communities occur, due to commercially produced varieties. The slow-roasted Piedmontese version is called coppa cotta . Capocollo is esteemed for its delicate flavour and tender, fatty texture, and is often more expensive than most other salumi .
Mortadella Bologna PGI from Italy Mortadella with pistachios from Italy. Mortadella (Italian: [mortaˈdɛlla]) [1] is a large salume made of finely hashed or ground cured pork, which incorporates at least 15% small cubes of pork fat (principally the hard fat from the neck of the pig).
Porchetta (Italian:) is a savory, fatty, and moist boneless pork roast of Italian culinary tradition. The carcass is deboned and spitted or roasted traditionally over wood for at least eight hours, fat and skin still on. In some traditions, porchetta is stuffed with liver and wild fennel, although many versions do not involve stuffing.
The Apulo-Calabrese is a breed of black domestic pig from Calabria, in southern Italy. [2] It may also be known as the Calabrese, Nero Calabrese or Nero di Calabria, and by many other regional names. It derives from the old Pugliese pig breed of Puglia, which in turn derives from the Casertana breed of Campania; it is
Pages in category "Pig breeds originating in Italy" ... List of Italian pig breeds; A. Apulo-Calabrese; C. Casertana pig; Cinta Senese; D. Duroc Italiana; I. Italian ...