Mortadella Queen of Italian Sausages

This spicy sausage is a favorite from the first bite! Mortadella is a boiled sausage with spices originally from Italy. These pot-bellied barrels are not to be confused with anything: they became the analogue of amateur sausage in the USSR. Juiciness, rich taste, high meat content — more than 97%! You can add all kinds of spices: myrtle berries, nutmeg, hot pepper, olives, pistachios, garlic. A very tasty variation of mortadella that you can cook at home!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 50 % 15 g
Fats 43 % 13 g
Carbohydrates 7 % 2 g
188 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 6H
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Scroll 200 gr. beef and 200 gr. pork through a meat grinder. Add salt, pepper, mix, actively beat off.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Finely chop the remaining 100 grams of pork, add garlic passed through a garlic press, mix into the meat. Add the beaten egg and knead.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Cut vegetables: olives — in circles, pepper — in small cubes. Stir into the meat.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Cover the container with minced meat with a film and put it in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Put half of the chilled meat on a food film, give an oblong shape. Wrap the workpiece tightly with a film in several layers so that the future mortadella does not fall apart when slicing. Do the same with the second part of the minced meat.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Cook the mortadella for 1.5 hours over medium heat.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Cool the sausage, remove the film and roll in red pepper or paprika. Shelf life is 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Bon appetit!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Melted beef fat - 871   kcal/100g
  • Beef fat - 171   kcal/100g
  • Lean beef - 158   kcal/100g
  • Beef brisket - 217   kcal/100g
  • Beef - okovalok - 380   kcal/100g
  • Beef - lean roast - 200   kcal/100g
  • Beef shoulder - 137   kcal/100g
  • Beef - ribs - 233   kcal/100g
  • Beef - ham - 104   kcal/100g
  • Beef - tail - 184   kcal/100g
  • Boiled ham - 269   kcal/100g
  • Beef corned beef - 216   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Pork fat - 333   kcal/100g
  • Pork meat - 357   kcal/100g
  • Pork - low-fat roast - 184   kcal/100g
  • Pork chop on a bone - 537   kcal/100g
  • Pork - schnitzel - 352   kcal/100g
  • Pork Shoulder - 593   kcal/100g
  • Boar's leg - 113   kcal/100g
  • Pork - 259   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Olives - 115   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Ground red pepper - 318   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g

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