Pancetta recipies

[ken123]

Pancetta recipes? So far I just cooked it on an induction burner in a cast iron pan. Tasty! I'm familiar with pasta carbonara.

Ken

[XexoX]

Check out Mr. Suburban's post today in "What did you cook?", he used pancetta with some veal, cheese, ramps, garlic chives, etc.

[ronnie_suburban]

Check out Mr. Suburban's post today in "What did you cook?", he used pancetta with some veal, cheese, ramps, garlic chives, etc.

It was actually prosciutto but no reason pancetta wouldn't work.

[XexoX]

Check out Mr. Suburban's post today in "What did you cook?", he used pancetta with some veal, cheese, ramps, garlic chives, etc.

It was actually prosciutto but no reason pancetta wouldn't work.

Great Zeus, old age sucks! Mea culpa. But now you can provide Mr. Ken some recipes that use the correct ingredient. I've read a fic where the chef put pancetta in some Mac and Cheese. Fried it up crisp first.

[ronnie_suburban]

Pancetta recipes? So far I just cooked it on an induction burner in a cast iron pan. Tasty! I'm familiar with pasta carbonara.

Is it already sliced or still whole?

[d_rap]

As in carbonara, pancetta often shines chopped as an aromatic at the base of other flavors. Like cook gently in olive oil for a few minutes until it begins to render its fat, then come in with the garlic and maybe put some savoy cabbage or another green over that, saute and finish with water or stock and other seasonings.

Or saute with shallots and garlic to season a tomato sauce with mushrooms.

To get a similar effect with regular bacon you really need to blanch it for 10 minutes as Julia Child does. Prosciutto is fantastic but can be overpowering. Pancetta adds umami, but mildly, a flavor that's just right when you're looking for something meaty but subtle.

[ronnie_suburban]

As in carbonara, pancetta often shines chopped as an aromatic at the base of other flavors. Like cook gently in olive oil for a few minutes until it begins to render its fat, then come in with the garlic and maybe put some savoy cabbage or another green over that, saute and finish with water or stock and other seasonings.

Or saute with shallots and garlic to season a tomato sauce with mushrooms.

To get a similar effect with regular bacon you really need to blanch it for 10 minutes as Julia Child does. Prosciutto is fantastic but can be overpowering. Pancetta adds umami, but mildly, a flavor that's just right when you're looking for something meaty but subtle.

Pancetta is belly, so it's much easier to sub it in for bacon. Other than being rolled, the main difference is that pancetta is not typically smoked and that it's likely to be more herbaceous than most, standard-issue bacons. Prosciutto is dry-aged ham, almost always cured entirely with coarse salt (not curing salt). It's not an entirely different animal but it is from an entirely different part of the animal.

[ken123]

These are great posts! Thanks to all .

Ken

[ken123]

Pancetta recipes? So far I just cooked it on an induction burner in a cast iron pan. Tasty! I'm familiar with pasta carbonara.

Is it already sliced or still whole?

I got it thin sliced but open to all suggestions for future recipies.

Ken

[killerloop]

Pancetta recipes? So far I just cooked it on an induction burner in a cast iron pan. Tasty! I'm familiar with pasta carbonara.

Is it already sliced or still whole?

I got it thin sliced but open to all suggestions for future recipies.

Ken

Looks like bacon! Does it get crispy?
Have you tried cutting it to small cubes, more flavor and texture?

[ken123]

It does get crispy. tastes like bacon but abit saltier I did try it sliced thicker. Cooks well on cast iron on an induction pan too. My veggie wife likes it too

Ken