Pancetta Tesa - Smoking Goose Meatery

Pancetta Tesa - Smoking Goose Meatery

Pancetta tesa from Smoking Goose Meatery, in an eight ounce package. Tesa is the flat cut of pancetta, made from pork belly cured with bay leaves, garlic, nutmeg and black peppercorns, and this one comes whole rather than sliced.

Why you'll love it

• Tesa cut — the flat pancetta, made from pork belly and left whole.
• Bay, garlic, nutmeg — a warm, aromatic cure with black peppercorns for backbone.
• Not sliced — you cut it yourself, which means you choose thick or thin.
• Eight ounce package — a workable size for a few dinners.
• Made in Maryland — cured in Maryland from pork belly.

How to enjoy Cut lardons and render them for a pasta, or slice it thin and crisp it for a salad. It is also the right thing to dice into a braise at the start.

Buy it once and you will stop buying the packaged stuff.