If you’re a big lover of Italian cuisine, you probably know this ingredient very well. Pancetta is a pork belly meat used in traditional Italian dishes, like carbonara or spaghetti. It’s a salt-cured meat that can be consumed both in various dishes and on its own without any preparation. Many adore pancetta for its strong, salty flavor profile, which is quite close to how bacon tastes. It lacks bacon’s smokiness, though. Pancetta is also known as Italian bacon.
