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Lardons may be prepared from different cuts of pork, including pork belly and fatback, or from cured cuts such as bacon [3] or salt pork.According to food writer Regina Schrambling, when the lardon is salt-cured but not smoked in the style of American bacon, "the flavor comes through cleanly, more like ham but richer because the meat is from the belly of the pig, not the leg". [4]
Philippine tocino. Tocino is bacon in Spanish, [1] typically made from the pork belly and often formed into cubes in Spain. In Caribbean countries, such as Puerto Rico and Cuba, tocino is made from pork fatback and is neither cured nor smoked but simply fried until very crunchy; it is then added to recipes, much like the way lardons are used in French cuisine.
The cuts are first brined in solution of salt and garlic (locally salamura), to enhance flavor and help preservation, commonly together with continental-style bacon (slanina locally), lardon (also called slanina, sometimes white bacon or soap bacon) and ribs. Then they are cured by hanging them in freezing winter winds, over a smoldering lumber ...
Bacon is also sold and served as joints, usually boiled, broiled or roast, [24] or in thicker slices called chops or steaks. These are usually eaten as part of other meals. [6] Bacon may be cured in several ways, and may be smoked or unsmoked; unsmoked bacon is known as "green bacon". [6]
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Traditionally, Zeeuws spek is eaten on whole-grain bread with mustard; other uses include serving it as an hors d'œuvre, [6] on a salad, [7] or with baked potatoes. [8] A notable sandwich with Zeeuws spek is made in Vermaat restaurant, in IJsselstein; Ronald van der Kruk uses Zeeuws spek, bacon, katenspek (bacon which is boiled before it is smoked), and ontbijtspek ("breakfast bacon").
Guanciale [4] is usually rubbed with just salt and ground black pepper by cooks in Rome, but some producers use other spices, herbs, peperoncino [3] or red pepper, [5] and sometimes garlic.
Add the bacon and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until golden, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the vinegar, tomatoes, shallot, garlic and basil.