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Add your photo of this encyclopedia entry. A fatty bacon that is taken from pork belly and smoked over beechwood with herbs and spices. Speck is too fatty to be eaten raw, and is used primarily to flavor soups and sauces. It is produced in Tyrol, Italy which is near the Swiss border, hence the German sounding name. Animal.
An Italian bacon that is made with the meat from the belly of a pig. Herbs, spices, and peppercorns are added for extra flavor before it is cured, air-dried, and lightly smoked. When served, it may then be thinly sliced or cut into smaller slabs from the larger section of the bacon slab. Much like lardo, speck is often used as an ingredient to flavor other foods, such as main dishes, vegetable dishes, sauces, soups, and stews.