https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/cooking-culinary/6402934-mantellina.html?phpv_redirected=1&phpv_redirected=2

Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Mantellina

English translation:

Caul fat

Added to glossary by Martin Boyd
Oct 3, 2017 23:04
6 yrs ago
3 viewers *
Spanish term

Mantellina

Spanish to English Other Cooking / Culinary Ingredientes
Appears in a list of ingredients for a recipe for stuffed pig's trotters. The only other context is the following instruction:

"Coloca la manita encima de la mantellina, rellénala, y envuélvela con la mantellina."

Is it perhaps some kind of pork fat? Suggestions welcome.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 Caul fat

Proposed translations

+5
2 hrs
Selected

Caul fat

Also known as lace fat or crépine. In Spanish, it's also called redaño.

http://garbancita.blogspot.ca/2014/03/que-son-y-como-se-prep...
Se envuelve en redaño (crepineta o, como le denominan aquí, mantellina), que es una telilla grasa que sujeta los intestinos en la cavidad abdominal (es lo que si se rompe, provoca una hernia inguinal). Se cocina a la plancha y el toque a clavo, le da una personalidad única.

http://clinicasilvia.com/2017/01/31/figatell-que-es-y-como-c...
"El redaño o mantellina es una membrana veteada de grasa que se encarga de sostener los intestinos y el estómago del animal en la cavidad abdominal. Esta membrana se utiliza para envolver embutidos tales como el figatell o las longanizas, dándole forma a la carne."

https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-caul-fat-995601
"The third type of pork lard is caul fat. Caul fat is a lacy membrane of fat that surround the stomach and other digestive organs. It's sometimes called fat netting, and in France it is often referred to as crépine."

http://www.chefs-resources.com/types-of-meat/offal-varieties...
"From an anatomy perspective, caul fat is a web-like membrane which surrounds the intestines of animals including pigs, veal, beef, and lamb."
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : Well documented and convincing
4 hrs
agree Marie Wilson
4 hrs
agree Wendy Streitparth
6 hrs
agree Carol Gullidge
7 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher : and yuck!
8 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.