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Porchetta | Traditional Pork Dish From Italy, Western Europe | TasteAtlas
Porchetta | Traditional Pork Dish From Italy, Western Europe | TasteAtlas
Porchetta | Traditional Pork Dish From Italy, Western Europe | TasteAtlas
Porchetta | Traditional Pork Dish From Italy, Western Europe | TasteAtlas
Porchetta | Traditional Pork Dish From Italy, Western Europe | TasteAtlas
Porchetta | Traditional Pork Dish From Italy, Western Europe | TasteAtlas
Porchetta | Traditional Pork Dish From Italy, Western Europe | TasteAtlas

Porchetta

Porchetta is a traditional, moist, boneless pork roast prepared all over Italy. This rustic dish is made by carefully deboning a piglet or a fully grown pig, flavoring it generously with salt, garlic, rosemary, fennel seeds or some other aromatic herbs and filling it with the stuffing, which changes depending on the region - it can be the liver, fat or pieces of skin and meat, also flavored with salt and spices.


The meat is then rolled up, spitted and slowly roasted over a wood fire. When finished, it is sliced very thinly and served warm or cold with some bread. Although popular in the whole country, with many regions offering their spin on the recipe, porchetta originated in central Italy, with Ariccia, in the Province of Rome, being the town most closely associated with it.


Porchetta is considered to be a festive dish, but due to its deliciousness and popularity, nowadays it is also a favorite street food, usually served on its own or as a filling for sandwiches.

Part of

Pizza

Pizza porchetta

This Neapolitan-style traditional pizza variety uses the Italian meat delicacy known as porchetta as a topping. Porchetta is a type of stuffed, boneless pork roast ... Read more

Sandwich

Panino con la porchetta

Panino con la porchetta is a popular type of sandwich from central Italy made with slices of porchetta that are tucked in between two slices of homemade bread. The sandwich ... Read more

Recipe variations

  • 4.3

    Traditional Porchetta di Ariccia

    READY IN 2h 20min

    Modified for at home preparation, this is the most basic and traditional porchetta di Aricia recipe. The recipe is adapted from the Australian Gourmet Traveller's website.

  • 4.3

    Ariccia-style Porchetta

    READY IN 4h

    This recipe adapted from the Barbecue Bible gives instructions on how to recreate an Arricia-style porchetta at home. To make the dish, you will need to have a grill with a spit for roasting, but baking in the oven will also produce satisfying results.

Porchetta Authentic recipe

PREP 30min
COOK 1h 50min
READY IN 2h 20min

Modified for at home preparation, this is the most basic and traditional porchetta di Aricia recipe. The recipe is adapted from the Australian Gourmet Traveller's website.

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