Homemade Mortadella, Queen of Italian Sausages
This savory sausage is a favorite from the very first bite! Mortadella is a spiced cooked sausage that hails from Italy. Those big, pot-bellied logs are unmistakable — they were the model for the old Soviet "amateur" bologna. Juicy, richly flavored, and more than 97% meat! You can work in all kinds of add-ins: myrtle berries, nutmeg, hot pepper, olives, pistachios, garlic. Here's a really tasty take on mortadella that you can make at home!
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Grind 200 g of beef and 200 g of pork through a meat grinder. Season with salt and pepper, mix, and knead vigorously to develop the texture.
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Step 2:
Finely chop the remaining 100 g of pork, add the garlic pressed through a garlic press, and work it into the meat. Add the beaten egg and knead.
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Step 3:
Prep the add-ins: slice the olives into rounds and dice the bell pepper small. Fold them into the meat.
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Step 4:
Cover the bowl of meat with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
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Step 5:
Lay half the chilled meat on plastic wrap and form it into a log. Wrap it tightly in several layers of wrap so the mortadella won't fall apart when you slice it. Do the same with the second half of the meat.
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Step 6:
Simmer the mortadella for 1 1/2 hours over medium heat.
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Step 7:
Cool the sausage, unwrap it, and roll it in ground red pepper or paprika. It keeps for 2 weeks in the fridge. Enjoy!
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
