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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.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Prosciutto is a salt cured ham which is not smoked. Speck is salt cured and spiced and then smoked for about a week. I just got back home from the Christmas market in Bolzano where I bought both proscuitto and speck and had some excellent canederli with speck in brodo for lunch.t is smoked ham from Germany or Italy and in France we call it speck also. They are both processed the same. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speck The difference is real slight tough and not so noticeable. Speck can also stand for lard.