Porchetta

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Porchetta is a savory, fatty, and moist boneless pork roast of Italian culinary tradition. The body of the pig is gutted, deboned, arranged carefully with layers of stuffing, meat, fat, and skin, then rolled, spitted, and roasted, traditionally over wood. Porchetta is usually heavily salted in addition to being stuffed with garlic, rosemary, fennel, or other herbs, often wild.

History[edit | edit source]

Porchetta has been selected by the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policy as a prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale (“traditional agricultural-food product”, one of a list of traditional Italian foods held to have cultural relevance).

Preparation and Serving[edit | edit source]

In Italy, porchetta is often consumed as a sandwich filler, or served on its own, or sometimes it is chopped up and added to other dishes. It is a common street food in Rome and Lazio served from a porchetta stand, and it is also a staple of Sardinian cuisine.

Regional Variations[edit | edit source]

There are many regional variations of porchetta throughout Italy, all of which boast their own traditional preparation methods and seasonings. In Abruzzo, porchetta abruzzese is generally slow roasted with rosemary, garlic and pepper. In Umbria, porchetta is spit-roasted and flavored with garlic and wild fennel.

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