Ciccioli

Ciccioli is a food prepared from pig fat in the Italian district of Emilia Romagna and elsewhere in northern and central Italy. It is popular in Modena, Bologna, Parma and in Romagna.

Ciccioli is made from compressing, drying, and aging fatty left over pieces of pork. These scraps are compressed using a special press where the meat wrapped in sack cloth and then slowly squeezed over several weeks to remove excess liquid. Ciccioli can either be prepared in a more wet preparation that can sliced and served, or in a very dry crunchy chip like form often called ciccioli frolli.

External links

• Everything2 Article
• Italian web page about ciccioli with photographs
• Italian article on ciccioli frolli

See also

• Fatback