Thinly sliced, unsmoked, streaky bacon rashers will make a suitable substitute if you can’t get pancetta. The cubes are fried and used in soffrito (the Italian version of a mirepoix) to give a ...
Ellis Barrie shows you how to make a silky, rich carbonara in 10 minutes with just a handful of ingredients. Flat slabs of pancetta are available and this is normally how you’d find it in Italy.