pancetta

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pan·cet·ta

P0038100 (păn-chĕt′ə)n. Italian bacon that has been cured in salt and spices and then air-dried.
[Italian, diminutive of pancia, belly, from Latin pantex, pantic-.]

pancetta

(pænˈtʃɛtə; Italian panˈtʃetta) n (Cookery) a lightly spiced cured bacon from Italy[Italian, literally: little belly]

pancetta

A mild, unsmoked Italian bacon.