Pancetta

Pancetta is cured pork belly with fat and muscle. Cooks use it to season dishes.

Meat
Pork

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Meat & poultry
Made from: Pork belly
Part used: Fat, muscle
Cooked most in: Europe
Top country: Italy
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

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In the kitchen

How to use pancetta

Typical ways to cook or use it

Season

Preparing it

Cut pancetta into cubes for cooking.

Shopping

Choosing and storing pancetta

Keeping it

Fridge · opened
Freezer · opened

Good to know

Diet and allergens: pancetta in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Animal origin: From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine: None
Pork: Contains

Family

Related forms

Made from: pork belly (cured)

Around the world

What pancetta is called

Names in 38 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Pancetta
French
Pancetta
Italian
pancetta
Portuguese
Pancetta
German
Pancetta
Dutch
Pancetta
Turkish
Pancetta
Russian
Панчетта
Polish
pancetta
Arabic
بانشيتا
Persian
پانشیتا
Hebrew
פנצ'טה

Show all 38 languages

Armenian
Պանչետա
Bosnian
Panceta
Bulgarian
Панчета
Cantonese
意式煙肉
Catalan
pancetta
Chinese
義式培根 · 意大利烟肉 · 意式烟肉 · 潘切塔
Corsican
Panzetta
Croatian
Panceta
Czech
Pancetta
Danish
Pancetta
eml
Pansèta
Esperanto
Panĉeto
Estonian
Pancetta
Finnish
pancetta
Indonesian
Pancetta
Japanese
パンチェッタ · 生ベーコン
Javanese
Pancetta
Korean
판체타
Malay
Panceta
Norwegian Bokmål
Pancetta
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pancetta
Romanian
Pancetta
Serbian (Latin)
Panceta
Simplified Chinese
意大利烟肉 · 意式烟肉
Simplified Chinese (China)
意大利烟肉
Slovak
Pancetta
Swedish
Pancetta
Traditional Chinese
義大利煙肉 · 意式煙肉
Ukrainian
Панчета

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q538296

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