EMILIA ROMAGNAProdottiMortadella, Bologna: MORTADELLA, Bologna One of the most well known products to emerge from Bologna La Grassa or Bologna the Fat, as the city is known throughout Italy, is the Mortadella sausage. The sausage takes its name from the Latin myrtatum referring to the ancient Roman preparation of the sausage with myrhh. In the Middle Ages, seasonings included myrtle berries. Mortadella is made in different sizes, the choicest being the larger ones. Today the meat is ground very finely and mixed with coarsely ground backfat, plus the usual preserving agents-, salt, finely ground white pepper, black peppercorns, coriander seeds, mixed spices, shelled pistachios, and wine - before it is finally cooked.
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