Porchetta di Ariccia PGI

Porchetta di Ariccia is a product based on cooked pork , typical of the municipality of Ariccia , in the province of Rome .

In 14 June 2011, at European level, the Porchetta di Ariccia obtains the recognition of Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). 

  

PRODUCTION

“Porchetta di Ariccia IGP” must be produced in the entire territory of Ariccia, in the province of Rome, in the region of Lazio. It is a famous product, made from the following ingredients: feminine pork’s meat, salt, pepper, garlic and rosemary. Feminine porks are leaner and with a more adapt taste.

The carcass is manually deboned, salted, topped with pepper, rosemary and garlic, and finally wrapped with natural cords. This is an important passage because it consent meat to remain compact in the following step.

The product can be now cooked in oven at a temperature between 160-280° C for 3-5 hours. Ovens used for this passage are particularly big and have some containment tanks, useful to collect fat. The heat reduction occurs gradually, in specific cooling rooms, at a temperature between 10° to 30°C.

“Porchetta di Ariccia IGP” can be sold entire, in logs or sliced. We can find it in commerce in specific vacuum-sealed, plastic or paper boxes. In any case, a PGI product must show a label with the mark and the community logo of the product. 

TASTE AND CHARACTERISTICS

“Porchetta di Ariccia” is a famous gastronomic product. Meat is tasteful and spicy, thanks to the equilibrated presence of rosemary, pepper and garlic. Its color goes from white to pink.

Rind is bright, crunchy and brown. In the part of girth it has a softer texture. This crunchy texture is a distinctive aspect of “porchetta”, which can be consumed in slices.

SERVING SUGGESTION

“Porchetta” is usually eaten in slices. It can represent a tasteful second dish or an ideal stuffing for sandwiches, better if with rustic bread.

Great alone, thanks to its taste and rind’s crunchiness, the intense scent due to spices, tasted with a glass of Castelli wine or handcrafted beer.

In the typical “fraschette” of the area Castelli Romani,
“porchetta” is served with a cutting board of cheeses and cold cuts, accompanied by a glass of one of the wines of Castelli.

Slices of “porchetta” can be served with a glass of Franciacorta or a pleasant and fresh Verdeca. 

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