FRESH, NOT FROZEN
DELIVERY FREE OVER £70
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FROM LOCAL FARMS
FRESH, NOT FROZEN
DELIVERY FREE OVER £70
PICK DELIVERY DATE AT CHECKOUT
FROM LOCAL FARMS
A whole rare-breed pork jowl supplied fresh and uncured, with the glands trimmed off. Selected from the larger jowls and particularly suited to home-curing as guanciale or jowl bacon, as well as long, slow cooking.
£10.50
Pork jowl is the whole cheek and lower jaw area of the pig, containing both rich meat and a substantial covering of fat. This product is supplied as a whole fresh jowl weighing approximately 1.2–1.5kg, with the glands trimmed off.
This is the whole jowl. Grid Iron’s Oyster Cut Pork Cheeks are different: they are the individual meat muscle taken from within the jowl and sold separately for cooking. Choose the whole jowl when you want the full cut for curing or slow cooking.
Guanciale is a cured and air-dried product made from pork jowl. This product is supplied fresh and uncured, giving you the starting cut if you want to cure your own guanciale or jowl bacon at home.
The combination of meat and fat also makes whole pork jowl well suited to slow braising and other long-cooked dishes.
Browse our Home Charcuterie & Bacon Making range for other home-curing ingredients and cuts.
samuel newnham (verified owner) –
Robert Chapman (verified owner) –
Very impressed with the jowls, they are cured and hanging now, as I type. So pleased to have discovered your company as I can’t be without without guanciale. Going to try making lardo next.
Many thanks – BobC
Martin Heaton (verified owner) –
Good pair of jowls – just being cured – will let you know the results
Marie Gallon (verified owner) –
Stefano Lo Gelfo (verified owner) –
the meat was fresh, good service
Daniel (verified owner) –
Took a while to leave this review as I’ve taken my time curing and ageing guanciale. The meat was good and it’s made excellent cured meat.
Tsz Y Tang (verified owner) –
Lou De Rose (verified owner) –
Perfect cut of pork for making “guanciale”. Most pork jowls available from local butchers are cut from small pigs, which are unsuitable for curing. These jowls from Grid Iron come in the right size, fat/meat structure and they also come fresh and ready to be processed. I will defo buy again.
JB Urvoy (verified owner) –
Olivier Maurin (verified owner) –
Carina Glanville (verified owner) –
The jowls are magnificent. I’m trying my had at making Guanciale so it’s a shame I have to wait another month to try them.
Anthony Hayhurst (verified owner) –
Will try again not sure how to cook.
David Woodford (verified owner) –
These are great. Much bigger than I expected. Have been curing for 4 days now but sadly could be 3 weeks before I get to try it. Not expecting it to last much after that
Clifford Rose (verified owner) –
Carey Bowden (verified owner) –