Lardo
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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 town 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.
Another prized form is the Valle d'Aosta Lard d'Arnad, a PDO product from the area of Arnad in Aosta Valley.
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[edit] Notes and references
Gold, Jonathan. "Slab City: On the meat trail, a lardo dream", LA Weekly, 2007-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. (English)
[edit] External links
- Lardo di Colonnata | TuscanJourney.org
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