Second picture is from a restaurant in northern New Jersey
Guanciale vs Pancetta
After having it with Guanciale, pancetta just isn’t good enough
Thoughts ?
by jpillenye
5 Comments
Meancvar
You can get it at Eataly, mail order from la Quercia meats that makes it in Iowa, or lots of other places, so you are good to go. I like the meat a bit on the crisp side.
Eastern-Reindeer6838
Second one looks overcooked and has the inevitable green stuff on it.
agmanning
It’s just not the same. Also, there’s no crisp on that pancetta which is a shame.
seppia99
Jersey needs to learn how to properly crisp pancetta. At the end of the day, unless you’re making it yourself to your own specifications, a classic Roman pasta is never going to be as good anywhere else than in Rome. And even there some places are going to fuck it up.
Blues-fun
Weird green things all around (parsley I guess), ‘bolied’ rubbery pancetta (you can make decent carbonaras even with pancetta, let be honest, but at least crisp it properly), overcooked pasta, typical American whiter eggs, fake soft parmesan, no sign of pepper, plus maybe cream. That’s a pretty sad tale, man 🥲
5 Comments
You can get it at Eataly, mail order from la Quercia meats that makes it in Iowa, or lots of other places, so you are good to go. I like the meat a bit on the crisp side.
Second one looks overcooked and has the inevitable green stuff on it.
It’s just not the same.
Also, there’s no crisp on that pancetta which is a shame.
Jersey needs to learn how to properly crisp pancetta.
At the end of the day, unless you’re making it yourself to your own specifications, a classic Roman pasta is never going to be as good anywhere else than in Rome. And even there some places are going to fuck it up.
Weird green things all around (parsley I guess), ‘bolied’ rubbery pancetta (you can make decent carbonaras even with pancetta, let be honest, but at least crisp it properly), overcooked pasta, typical American whiter eggs, fake soft parmesan, no sign of pepper, plus maybe cream. That’s a pretty sad tale, man 🥲