Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon clarified butter
- 1 pound 4 ounces Pancetta, diced, recipe follows
- 1 teaspoon finely diced garlic
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 5 ounces heavy cream
- Cooked pasta, for serving
- 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan, plus more for serving
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
Heat the butter in a large saute pan. Add the Pancetta and saute until slightly brown. Add the garlic, saute briefly, and then deglaze with the wine. Reduce the wine by half, and then add the heavy cream. Reduce this by one third, and then toss in your cooked pasta. Heat the pasta through and add the Parmesan, white pepper, and salt and toss. Pour into bowls and add more Parmesan cheese (as much as you like).
- This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.
Pancetta:
- 5 pounds fresh pork belly
- 2 teaspoons pink salt
- 2 ounces kosher salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon ground white pepper, plus more for dusting
- 2 tablespoons juniper berries, cracked
- 5 bay leaves, crumbled small
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves
- 2 tablespoons pureed fresh garlic
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
Ask your butcher for a 5 pound, nice square piece of pork belly (skinless) that will fit into a 2-gallon zip-top bag.
Pat the belly with paper towels to dry. Mix together all the spices. Wearing plastic gloves, rub the cure mixture into both sides of the belly. Place in a 2-gallon zip-top bag, put on a sheet pan, and refrigerate. Every day for 1 week, turn the bag over and massage the belly (through the bag) to ensure saturation. The pork will take on a slightly darker color than what it was. This is a sign that the cure is working. It will also draw some moisture out of the belly. When the meat is darker and firmer, remove the belly from the bag and run under water to remove any cure sediment. Pat dry and lightly cover with a dusting of ground white pepper. Roll the belly very tightly into a log and wrap tightly with cheesecloth. Tie the end and hang in a 34 to 38 degree F refrigerator for at least 2 weeks.At this time the bacon should be fully cured and have a good firmness when squeezed.
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By rmgillis23_11612328
East Coast, USA
on January 07, 2012
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I made this and it was delicious. I used 3/4 lb. of fusilli pasta, 1 lb. panchetta, 3 tsp. garlic, 3/4 cup wine, 1 pt. heavy cream, 3/4 cup parmesean, and 3/4 teaspoon each of pepper, salt, sage, parsley, basil. I put the parmesean and spices in the food processor to mix and it made a perfect blend. No extra parmesean was needed to top it off.
By handson3
AZ
on October 18, 2011
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Delicious! I used thick peppered bacon from butcher, 1pt cream, 1c wine, 1 1/2 lbs vermicelli, no butter, removed most of the grease from pan before adding garlic... garnished with Italian parsley
By slidenheimer
on June 18, 2011
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I refuse to do 167.5 hours of waiting making my own pancetta. That may work for a commercial kitchen but not at home- good pancetta is available at the right market. Also, I always try to double the sauce portion of any recipe because they ALWAYS come up short, and it doesn't take any special effort once you assemble the proper ingredients. Nice dish- how can you go wrong with bacon, wine, cream....
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