Lardo is a type of salume made by curing strips of pig fat with rosemary and other spices.
The most famous Lardo is probably that of the northern Tuscan hamlet of Colonnata, where lardo has been made since Roman times. Colonnata is a frazione of the larger city of Carrara, which is famous for its marble; Colonnata is itself a site where Carrara marble is mined and, traditionally, lardo is cured for months in basins made of this local marble. It is now an IGP (Protected Geographical Indication).
Another prized form is the Valle d'Aosta Lard d'Arnad, a PDO product from the area of Arnad in Aosta Valley.
See also
References
- Gold, Jonathan (2007-07-25). "Slab City: On the meat trail, a lardo dream" (in English). LA Weekly. http://www.laweekly.com/2007-07-26/eat-drink/slab-city/. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
External links
- Lardo in the online Culinary Heritage of Switzerland database.
- Lardo di Colonnata on TuscanJourney.org
- [http://www.lardodicolonnata.org Lardo di Colonnata igp original Collonata speek
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