Mortadella di Campotosto
A rare Abruzzo salami with a lard core, over 500 years old.
Mortadella di Campotosto, popularly called coglioni di mulo, is a rare salami from the municipality of Campotosto in Abruzzo. Made only from pork raised on the Monti della Laga, it has an ovoid shape, fine grain, and a distinctive central core of white lard running its entire length. Recognized as a traditional agro-food product by Italy’s Ministry of Agriculture, it also appears on the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
Quick Facts
- Alternative name
- coglioni di mulo
- Place of production
- comune of Campotosto, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo
- Traditional weight
- 330 g
- Shape
- ovoid
- Main ingredients
- pork
- Classification
- prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale (PAT)
- Ark of taste inclusion
- Slow Food movement Ark of Taste
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