Lardo

The Fat from the Pig’s Rump Preserved

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By Patience Gray

Published 1986

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The fat rump of the pig, cut into sections leaving the skin intact, preserved in dry sea salt, is a culinary winter standby in northern Italy. A particularly excellent version of this was the lardo di Bergiola, a village above Carrara, where blocks of lardo w