B1NounMasculine
lo speck
speck (smoked ham)
/SPEK/
Plural: speck
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What does ‘speck’ mean in English?
Examples in Context
Lo speck dell'Alto Adige è affumicato e stagionato.
South Tyrolean speck is smoked and cured.
Aggiungo lo speck alle tagliatelle con la panna.
I add speck to tagliatelle with cream.
About This Word
Speck dell'Alto Adige (IGP) is a lightly smoked, cured pork leg from South Tyrol — a region influenced by both Italian and Austrian culinary traditions. Takes the article 'lo' due to sp- onset.
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prosciuttosalumiaffettatiAlto-Adigeaffumicato