Curing Guanciale with sweetbreads attached?
Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 07:56
So here is something that i've been wondering about for a long time.
When I buy jowl cheek from my butcher, it always has a bit of the glands and sweetbreads attached. I always trim the outside parts of the glands but sometimes inside the layer of fat theres more of them. From looking at pictures online and watching videos I cannot figure out if its okay to leave them ?
From what I've read you're always supposed to remove them completely. But when seeing some photos of cured guanciales form Italy it seems like there are some glands still inside the guanciale.
Thoughts?
When I buy jowl cheek from my butcher, it always has a bit of the glands and sweetbreads attached. I always trim the outside parts of the glands but sometimes inside the layer of fat theres more of them. From looking at pictures online and watching videos I cannot figure out if its okay to leave them ?
From what I've read you're always supposed to remove them completely. But when seeing some photos of cured guanciales form Italy it seems like there are some glands still inside the guanciale.
Thoughts?