Pancetta

Italian Unsmoked Bacon

Preparation info
  • 2

    rolls, about 4½ lb 2.25 kg ) each
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Professional Garde Manger: A Comprehensive Guide to Cold Food Preparation

By Jaclyn Pestka, Wayne Gisslen and Lou Sackett

Published 2010

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Ingredients

Ingredients U.S. Metric
Whole pork belly, skin on 1

Method

Procedure

Day 1

Fabrication and Cure Application

  1. Using a long, flexible knife, remove the rind (skin) from the pork belly.
  2. Using a meat mallet, flatten the thicker parts of the belly to make it as even in thickness as possible.
  3. Cut the pork belly in half widthwise.
  4. Mix th