60g
£6.00
Guanciale is a rich and aromatic pork jowl. There’s no compromise when it comes to using the proper ingredients. Whether you’re looking to make the perfect rendition of a roman style carbonara or just want some really delicious pork the fats will melt as this renders down, you can also cut it very thin and place it on top of some warmed crusty bread that’s been rubbed with a little garlic, the fat and meat will start to melt and become harmonious.
If you’ve never had Guanciale before, then you seriously are missing a trick. Delicious, deep flavours in which the different parts of the pig has are incredible. A good way to compare the difference is with chicken, the breast compared to thigh, a little flavour vs a lot of flavour, mellow vs mature.
Once this has started to dry out the copious amount of fat that the jowl has means there’s a wealth of flavour. Such a rich, umptoous base for soups, stews and pasta dishes. That winter food feeling of a hearty meal occurs when you smell these deep aromas cooking.
This is another area of knowing what to trim off and what to keep is where we’re able to use all of the pig, by using all of the available meat we are respecting the life of the animal and not discarding parts that are actual very tasty.
Sliced very fine this guanciale does not need the rind cutting off it. Simply place a few thin slithers over some warm tasted bread and wow, simplicity at its finest. If you don’t have a fancy meat slicer then chilling your guanciale to almost freezing point and using a very sharp vegetable peeler will do the job.
Why not try this Guanciale for the following recipe ideas:
Pork (94%), Salt, Sugar, Pepper, Fennel, Chilli Flakes, Rosemary, Juniper Berries, Bay Leaf, Preservatives: Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite
Allergy Advice: for allergens, see ingredients in Bold
This product is made in a kitchen that handles nuts, mustard, fish, cereals containing gluten, eggs, molluscs, sesame, soybeans.
Whilst every effort is taken to ensure this product only contains the ingredients stated, it is hand crafted in an environment that also handles ingredients that may contain allergens. If you have any allergies or intolerance to food / ingredients then please get in touch and we can help answer any questions you may have regarding the ingredients we use.
Nutrition Per 100g
Energy 910 Kj / 217 Kcal
Fat 13g
of which saturates: 4.5g
Carbohydrates 7.3g
of which sugars <0.5g
Protein 17.7g
Salt 1.7g