Lardo Biellese Salumeria

I have heard that lardo is an exotic ingredient. When I saw Lardo Biellese Salumeria for sale at Eataly, I bought some.

, . As can be seen in the photo, with a piece of wax paper on top, the lardo is an inch and a half of pinkish, skinless, cured pork fat with an 1/8 - 1/4 inch of bacon looking material attached. It was shaved so thin that frying it like bacon will likely melts all the fat away. I rolled up a slice and put it in my mouth and chew it raw but it has barely any taste. What is the proper way to eat lardo?

I also purchased some prosciutto di Modena

, which I also ate the same way and that was tasty.

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You can grill some nice Italian bread sliced . Pull it off the grill hot and top with a couple of thin slices of lardo . And a little salt . Enjoy with a Tuscan wine . Or a chilled rose’ .

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That’s why I like Russian one more. It’s salty and porky and good enough with bread. Yes you just eat it, don’t cook pricy lardo.

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If it doesn’t taste great thinly sliced on warm toast, it’s not good lardo.