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[madbaker]

Part of our last basket of tasty salted pig parts was a small piece of lardo. I'd heard of it but never had a chance to try it.

Very thinly sliced lardo on fresh sourdough bread is incredibly awesome.

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[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

When you say "Thinly Sliced".... how thin is thin?

I followed the link you provided, and I don't quite understand if it's a cured cut of fatty meat, or if it's ground with spices like a cured sausage, or if it's something else entirely.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

It's a solid piece of pure fat that is coated in spices and cured. Think of it as a rough pig equivalent of butter (but in a solid form, not melted down and reconstituted).