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Lardo di Colonnata

Lardo di Colonnata substitutes

What to use when you can't find Lardo di Colonnata at your butcher

Lardo di Colonnata is the traditional name in Italy. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable pork cuts under different names — sometimes the same anatomical piece, sometimes a close cousin. The alternatives below are grouped by country so you can match what your local butcher actually carries.

United States

Pork bellyapproximate

Adjacent primal — lardo is from the back fat (along the loin), pork belly is from the underside. Both are pork-fat cuts but anatomically distinct.

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