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BauchspeckvsPork belly

pork · Close equivalent

Same anatomical primal — Bauchspeck is the cured-and-cold-smoked German version of fresh pork belly.

Translation takeaway

These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.

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Raw Bauchspeck — Pork Belly cut
Bauchspeck
Pork · Belly

Germany's smoked pork belly — cured with salt and aromatics (juniper, caraway, pepper, sometimes coriander) then cold-smoked over beech for 2–4 weeks. Sometimes called…

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Raw Pork belly — Pork Belly cut
Pork belly
Pork · Belly

Pork belly is the boneless, fatty cut from the underside of the pig. It consists of alternating layers of fat and meat that render and crisp during cooking, creating…

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Names by country

CountryBauchspeckPork belly
🇺🇸United StatesSpeckPork belly
🇬🇧United KingdomSpeckPork belly
🇫🇷France—Poitrine de porc
🇪🇸Spain—Panceta
🇦🇷Argentina—Panceta
🇲🇽Mexico—Panceta de cerdo
🇵🇹Portugal—Entremeada
🇧🇷Brazil—Barriga de porco
🇮🇹Italy—Pancia di maiale
🇩🇪GermanyBauchspeckSchweinebauch

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