March 2, 2007

Common Meats in Italian Cooking

Filed under: Meats & Cheeses, Traditional Italian — admin @ 5:59 pm

Salami – Cured meat with varying tastes. Made with pork, salt, spices, garlic and wine.

Sopressata – Salami made with black peppercorns. Comes in Hot (with Red Pepper) and Sweet flavors.

Tonno – Tuna in olive oil.

Italian Sausage – Fresh coarse pork usually flavored with garlic and fennel seed or anise seed. Comes in two styles - hot (flavored
with hot, red peppers) and sweet (without the added heat).

Prosciutto – Ham that has been seasoned, salt cured, and dried.

Mortadella – Sausage originating from Bologna, pink in color, and is studded with cubes of creamy fat and sometimes pistachios.

3 Comments »

  1. Great info!

    Trackback by Mandi — July 27, 2007 @ 10:50 pm

  2. mallegato, another deli made with pork meat, salt,spices and pork blood

    Comment by fabrizio — October 2, 2007 @ 11:49 pm

  3. fegatello, made with pork meat, spice,cooking into pork lard is very good

    Comment by fabrizio — October 2, 2007 @ 11:56 pm

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