Pasture Raised All Natural Guanciale Pork Jowl - Smoking Goose - 8 oz

I have used pancetta for some years to make Italian, particularly Roman, pasta dishes. I learned of pancetta in Italy, no one mentioned guanciale. More than anything I was curious about the difference. So the last all 'amatriciana I made I used the guanciale. There wasn't a discernable difference to either my husband or me, but boy was it delicious! -- no garlic, no onions, just spaghetti, a great can of tomatoes and four ounces of guanciale! -- Ordering and delivery went smoothly.

The cut I received was not overly fatty, but it does need some fat to be useful in some dishes as your other ingredients need to be cooked in the rendered fat. It's easy to dice up and render down to use. Very flavorful and adds just the right amount of pork flavor to many dishes, especially pasta. Not easy to find this where I live, so this was exactly what I wanted. I am satisfied with this purchase and will probably order again when I need this ingredient. Not exactly a "health food", but the flavor it adds is worth it!

Excellent Job of packaging and care that was done for the product to arrive halfway around the world to an Island in the Western Pacific. I finally can cook authentic Carbonara using Vincenzo’s recipe. Thank you.

It was a good guanciale. My carbonara tasted so close to the one I tried in Florence.

Properly made, good flavor. Arrived quickly- I tried some in an asparagus & gnocchi dish, tasted great, good consistency. NOTE: Shipper doesn't use a foam cooler, ice bag & etc. as some shippers do, this came loose in a plain cardboard box with a scrap of wadded up paper, no harm done, BUT. You wouldn't want to order this in hot weather and let it sit all day in a hot mail box-

The real thing. Great flavor