pancetta

[ pan-chet-uh ]
/ pænˈtʃɛt ə /

noun

Italian pork belly cured with salt, pepper, and other spices and air-dried up to four months, tightly rolled in a cylinder.

Example sentences from the Web for pancetta

  • Clams, which taste incredibly good simply steamed, are made even better with the addition of pancetta, or Italian bacon.

    What to Eat |Cookstr.com |August 25, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for pancetta

pancetta
/ (pænˈtʃɛtə, Italian panˈtʃetta) /

noun

a lightly spiced cured bacon from Italy

Word Origin for pancetta

Italian, literally: little belly