I live in the EU and i think pecorino romano is too expensive like 43€/kg. Guanciale is 26€/kg. How much do u pay for these staples where u live? I wonder if in Italy it’s a lot less as these were supposedly used on many popular dishes which were supposed to be for poor/average ppl. Thanks 🙏🏽
by Plane_Tradition5251
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In Australia, guanciale is about $60 a kilo.
Pecorino is about $55.
Very expensive and in Italy they’re both way cheaper.
Considering a packet of cigarettes here is like $50-$60, it shouldn’t really surprise.
I live in Japan and those things don’t even exist. Sad.
It depends. Pecorino Romano DOP is 25 EUR/kg at the supermarket. Rarely does any supermarket have Guanciale. I buy Guanciale at the wholesale market for 22 EUR/kg.
If I go to the Deli, everything is about 2x-3x more expensive. But the quality is also much better.
I’m in Austria.
I am from Serbia, pork cheek is like 3-8 euro per kilogram (I just Googled it). Some are smoked though, which would not be for traditional carbonara.
Pecorino is usually expensive, the most common one to find is from Italiamo and is like 3-5 euro for 200 grams.
Both are about $45 USD per kilo in southern US.
Cheapest guanciale I can find in Italy is 15€ per kilo, and pecorino is 27€ per kilo, so yeah, quite a bit cheaper.
Edit: Wrong, sorry. Cheapest pecorino is 18.75€ per kilo and guanciale is 9€ per kilo!
– Pecorino (a good one): 20€ kg
– Guanciale: 15€ kg
In Italy i buy pecorino for 5 € plus guanciale forn 3€ and i can make 3 carbonaras
They are quite hard to find in France, especially guanciale. They both are around 40€/kg in an italian deli
Pecorino: €35/kg
Guanciale (a decent one, not supermarket quality): €38/kg
Pecorino 6,99 € / 190 grams
Guancale 4,40 € / 200 grams
Where I live in New Jersey, guanciale is $24.99/lb. at the Italian supermarket, which I consider a very reasonable price for a specialty product.
Costco sells Locatelli pecorino romano for $9.69/lb., a ridiculously low price. Now, I worked for a food importer back in the 90s and we imported Italian cheese, and for pecorini the manufacturers would price them according to quality — 1s, 2s, and 3s, with 1s being the best. I have no doubt that Costco is selling Locatelli’s 3s, but honestly once the cheese is grated (your only option with Locatelli because of its high salt content) any qualitative difference disappears.