Have you ever heard of lardo? We’ve seen this product cropping up lately in food articles and classy recipes, so we thought we’d do a little research to find out more about it…Although it shares some similarities with salt pork and lardons (cubes of fatty bacon), it sounds like lardo is it’s own distinct entity.Lardo is made from the thick layer of fat on the back of a pig (that is to say, fatback!), which is cured with a mixture of salt, herbs, and spices.