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ventresca
tuna (or pork) belly
Specifically, the abdominal muscles of the red or yellow tuna, a delicacy in Western Sicily.
Ventresca di maiale is a kind of pancetta (Italian bacon) popular in Umbria and Tuscany, which is also sometimes called rigatino.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
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