Pancetta Recipes That Make Us Even More Grateful For Italian Food

It's basically Italian bacon, so... it's basically the best.

We have Italy to thank for most things we love, from burrata to Neapolitan pizza, and recently, we've been thanking them a little extra for pancetta. For those of you who are unfamiliar with pancetta, it's basically Italian bacon. It's salt-cured pork belly, and is often served cubed, but may also be sliced thin. While both bacon and pancetta are cured pork belly, bacon is typically smoked after it's been cured, while pancetta is not. We've been having a bit of a love affair with pancetta lately, and we're not ashamed.

Like bacon, pancetta goes great on top of salads and soups, and, being Italian, it's basically pasta's BFF. We're pretty sure we could be happy eating Bucatini all’Amatriciana, which is made with pancetta, every day for the rest of our lives. Pancetta also goes great with poached eggs, oysters and french onion soup, but that's just the beginning. Here are 29 pancetta recipes that will turn you into pancetta lovers, just like us.

1

Poached Eggs, Pancetta And Spinach Toast

Ichigo Shortcake
2

Farfalle Carbonara With Pancetta And Sage

Verses From My Kitchen
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3

Bucatini all'Amatriciana

Food52
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4

Nectarine And Fig Summer Salad recipe With Crispy Pancetta

How Sweet It Is
5

Pancetta, Caramelized Onion Puff Pastry “Ravioli”

White On Rice Couple
6

Lentil Soup With Crisp Pancetta

Verses From My Kitchen
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7

Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Pancetta And Balsamic Syrup

Just A Taste
8

Pasta With Spinach, Pancetta And Pomegranate

Family Fresh Cooking
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9

Baked Brie With Candied Pancetta, Pecans And Spicy Cranberries

Cooking For Keeps
10

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Simply Recipes
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11

Oysters With Pancetta And Pine Nuts

Sweet Paul
12

Absurdly Addictive Asparagus

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13

Roasted Pumpkin Risotto With Pancetta

bell'allimento
14

Orecchiette With Chanterelles, Broccolini, Frisee And Pancetta

Lemons & Anchovies
15

Duff's Eggs Benedict

Macheesmo
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16

French Onion And Endive Soup With Pancetta

Cookin' Canuck
17

Watercress Soup With Pear And Pancetta

Baba Ganuj
18

Pasta With Pancetta, Garlic, Lemon And Olives

Sweet Paul
19

Pancetta Fried Rice

Damn Delicious
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20

Butternut Squash And Pancetta Orecchiette

spoon fork bacon
21

Slow-Cooked Tuscan Kale With Pancetta, Bread Crumbs And A Poached Egg

Food52
22

Pancetta And Hazelnut Green Beans

Foodiecrush
23

Goat Cheese Stuffed Figs With Pancetta

Snixy Kitchen
24

Pancetta Mac And Cheese Panini

Damn Delicious
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25

Grilled And Stuffed Tomatoes With Pancetta

FoodieCrush
26

BLT Panzanella

FoodieCrush
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27

Brussels Sprouts With Pancetta, Cranberries And Pine Nuts

Brown Eyed Baker
28

Melon Pasta Salad

Macheesmo
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29

Chickpea Bolognese

Food52
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