How to Use guanciale in a Sentence

guanciale

noun
  • Meanwhile, set a large pan over medium heat and stir in olive oil and guanciale.
    — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Don’t miss the wood oven pizza like the carbonara topped with egg and guanciale.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Add tomatoes to the pan with the remaining oil and fat from the guanciale.
    — Maria Pasquale, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Pancetta, like bacon, is made from pork belly and has more meat attached than guanciale.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Rigatoni’s tubular shape was ideal for cradling the glossy sauce and chunks of guanciale and sausage.
    — Erica Turner, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Add guanciale and sauté until crisp and golden, about 4 minutes.
    — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2021
  • The sauced pasta is plated, topped with the crisped guanciale and served with more pecorino at the table.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The tannins are rounded and smooth and are a perfect foil for the salty guanciale and creamy egg yolk in carbonara.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Spooned over the top is a clam and cream sauce with bits of crispy guanciale strewn throughout for an unctuous, salty backbone.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Rutabaga joins the usual suspects of pork (bacon, pancetta, or guanciale), split peas, and broth.
    — Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Place some hot and crispy guanciale on top of the frittata, followed by pickled banana peppers and the top of the bun.
    — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Slice guanciale into 1/4-inch-thick strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces.
    — Erica Turner, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Menu highlights include clams with guanciale and freshly podded peas and lobster with lardo and rosemary butter.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Cook, stirring often, until guanciale is slightly crispy, 5 to 8 minutes.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022
  • As a primer for the gricia, a hint of guanciale deepens the flavors of tomato and pecorino in the supplì, the rice croquettes that are a quintessential Roman street snack.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Silverton was impressed that Cicolini rendered the guanciale, or pork jowl, low and slow, possibly for as long as 45 minutes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Add guanciale and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 5 minutes.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Slowly add reserved cooking water, stirring constantly, until fat from guanciale and water emulsify to create a creamy sauce, about 8 minutes.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022
  • The heirloom vegetables are topped with what looks like strips of blond bacon but is in fact wrinkly, melt-on-the tongue guanciale, while the cheese acquires its freckles and subtle smokiness from Urfa chile flakes.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • My supposedly scratch recipe for spaghetti carbonara would be nothing without the skill of the cheese-maker who made the Parmigiano, the curer who made the pancetta or guanciale and the chickens who laid the eggs.
    — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The dish features strands of spaghetti coated in a creamy egg and cheese emulsion with crispy bits of pork, such as guanciale, pancetta or even bacon — Becky Krystal loves the breakfast-for-dinner vibe of it all.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Back in June, pasta e piselli — short tubes with sweet green peas in an invisibly delicious sauce of onions and guanciale — was deeply convincing; the fava beans strewn around a plate of cheese ravioli were not.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Here, chefs like State Bird’s Stuart Brioza are treating it like a noodle replacement, tossing it with crab butter and kimchi or guanciale and tomatoes.
    — Renee Frojo, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2017
  • Chef Joe Cheek and his team offer a shrimp boat with fresh basil, Parmesan and a Peruvian yellow pepper sauce; cauliflower tossed with guanciale, fish sauce and red miso spiked with chili crisp, and some of the best soup specials in town.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Rather than finding an alternative to authentic Italian ingredients, Osteria da Fortunata sources organic guanciale, pecorino romano, cage-free eggs and more directly from home.
    — Wyles Daniel, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026

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