Ciccioli are pressed cakes of fatty

pork Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE. Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; ...

. They are known under this name in

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, being popular in Modena, Reggio Emilia,

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and Romagna. In Naples they are called ''cicoli''.Adam Ledgeway, ''Grammatica diacronica del napoletano'' (Walter de Gruyter, 2009; ), p. 512. In Lazio and Umbria they are called ''sfrizzoli''. In Calabria they are called ''risimugli''. ''Ciccioli'' are made by compressing, drying, and aging fatty, leftover pieces of pork. These scraps are compressed using a special press where the meat is wrapped in sack cloth, then slowly squeezed over several weeks to remove excess liquid. They can either be prepared in a wet preparation that can be sliced and served, or in a very dry, crunchy, chip-like form often called ''ciccioli frolli''. They result also as leftovers from the preparation of

Strutto Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and used to make shortcrust pastry, crumbly pastry and other food products. Although butter is solid at room temperature and is frequently used in making pastry, the term ''shortening'' s ...

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Italian article on ''ciccioli frolli''
Pork Salumi Italian cuisine {{italy-cuisine-stub

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