Many Italians do not know about guanciale, and you can only find it in certain areas of the country. I've been told you cannot easily find it outside of Italy. I was lucky enough to get some from Salume Beddu, a St. Louis company that hand makes guanciale and other fine cured Italian meats and sausage and sells them at the Tower Grove Farmers' Market, open roughly April - October. Check them out at www.salumebeddu.com.
This unique bacon is nothing like the more widely known pancetta. It gave an…
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Posted on March 23, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment