noun
- Italian bacon that is cured with salt and spices but not smoked
Usage: culinary
Examples
- The recipe calls for diced pancetta to add flavor to the pasta sauce.
- She cooked the pancetta until it was crispy and golden brown.
- Pancetta is often used in carbonara and other Italian dishes.
- The chef wrapped the chicken breast in thin slices of pancetta.
- You can substitute bacon for pancetta, but the flavor will be different.
- The pancetta rendered its fat slowly in the hot pan.