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Mortadella Bologna PGI from Italy Mortadella with pistachios from Italy. Mortadella (Italian: [mortaˈdɛlla]) [1] is a large salume made of finely hashed or ground cured pork, which incorporates at least 15% small cubes of pork fat (principally the hard fat from the neck of the pig).
The tradition of mortadella di Campotosto is very ancient and is believed to be more than 500 years old as we know it today, although only a few Campotostari continue the tradition of mortadella, and only a few palates have the opportunity to taste it today, due to the rarity of the product.
Cheese, cold cuts and wine are central to Italian cuisine, and along with pizza and coffee (especially espresso) form part of Italian gastronomic culture. [17] Desserts have a long tradition of merging local flavours such as citrus fruits, pistachio and almonds with sweet cheeses such as mascarpone and ricotta or exotic tastes such as cocoa ...
Mortadella di Campotosto (well known in Abruzzo) is an oval, dark-red mortadella with a white column of fat and containing chili pepper. It is generally sold in pairs, tied together. Another name for the mortadella is coglioni di mulo ("donkey's balls"). It is made from shoulder and loin meat, prosciutto trimmings and fat.
Salumi also include bresaola, which is made from beef, and some cooked products, such as mortadella and prosciutto. The word salume, 'salted meat', derives from the Latin sal, 'salt'. Examples of salumi include: Prosciutto – dry-cured ham, thinly sliced and served uncooked (prosciutto crudo) Prosciutto di Parma; Prosciutto di San Daniele
Bologna sausage, informally baloney (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ n i / bə-LOH-nee), [1] is a sausage derived from the salume mortadella, a similar-looking, finely ground pork sausage, originating from the Italian city of Bologna (IPA: [boˈloɲɲa] ⓘ).
It is widely available wherever significant Italian communities occur, due to commercially produced varieties. The slow-roasted Piedmontese version is called coppa cotta. Capocollo is esteemed for its delicate flavour and tender, fatty texture, and is often more expensive than most other salumi. In many countries, it is sold as a gourmet food item.
A panini with salami, mortadella, tomatoes, and lettuce. Although the first US reference to panini dates to 1956, and a precursor appeared in a 16th-century Italian cookbook, the sandwiches became trendy in Milanese bars, called paninoteche, in the 1970s and 1980s. Trendy US restaurants began selling panini, with distinctive variations ...