Francois VecchioShoulder Section

Shoulder bone in, 4 ribs, spare ribs removed, with jowl. Bone in, 4 rib shoulder, spareribs removed.

Boning the neck. Boning the neck

Removing the neck bone. Cutting the Coppa.

Exposing the blade bone.

Coppa, following the seem to the butt fat. Coppa, following the seem to the butt fat

Removing the “nerve” from the Coppa. Cutting off soft fat on the inside of the Coppa.

Whole Shoulder. Belly section shows “flaps” to be lifted and trimmed for Pork I.

Trimmed thinner edge of Coppa.

Beginning at the jowl, lifting and trimming the individual muscles.

Pealing and removing the membranes and soft fat exposed to the muscles.

Lifting the thin muscle alongside the shoulder. Denuded flap.

Lifted flap. Skin opening

Removing the blade membrane from the upper muscle. Cleaned top muscle

Exposing the median sinew. Cushion exposed.

Disjointing. Inner sinew of the inner blade

Cutting out slavery glands from the jowl. Cut for Guanciale.

Lifting the top muscle. Cutting the Hock at the elbow.

Pulling the sinew to cut it. Hock with elbow bone and sinew attached.

Hock with elbow bone and sinew attached Center blade sinew.

Cushion upper sinew. Pealing the sinew.

Clearing the tip of the elbow. Reaching for the cushion mid sinew.

Removing the desinewed meat from the fat Jowl. Cleaned meat.

Cleaned Jowl attached to shoulder ( Butt fat ). Guanciale skin.

Guanciale cleaned of the glands. 50 /50 Trim.

Pork with sinew with 85% ( Pork II ). Pork desinewed 95% ( Pork I).

Shank / Butt fat.15/85% butt fat. Premium Salami

Butt fat. Skins of Chicharones.

De-sinewed cushion

All 95% front.