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Add your photo of this encyclopedia entry. A fatty bacon that is taken from pork belly and smoked over beechwood with herbs and spices. Speck is too fatty to be eaten raw, and is used primarily to flavor soups and sauces. It is produced in Tyrol, Italy which is near the Swiss border, hence the German sounding name. Animal.
Normal English use refers to German culinary uses, particularly of smoked or pickled pork belly. In Italy and parts of the English-speaking culinary world, the term Speck refers to Italian Speck, a type of prosciutto, rather than German Speck, which is identical to the Italian  lardo .peck is an English word meaning fat or blubber, attested since the early 17th century.