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Can Pancetta be Eaten Raw?
Pancetta ia also a cured meat cured with salt, pepper, and spices that can include cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and/or juniper berries. After curing, it is rolled up and tied in a natural or artificial casing, resembling a salami. At that point, according to Marcella Hazan, author of Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, it may be sliced and "eaten as one would eat prosciutto. It is more tender and considerably less salty than prosciutto." Also, "it is moister than bacon because it has not been smoked."
Even in Italy, of course, pancetta is much more widely used in cooking, where it lends its unique "savory-sweet, unsmoked flavor" to many dishes, including risottos, pastas, stews, soups, sauces, and cooked vegetables. |
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