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Mortadella Simoni

Mortadella, the large Bologna pork sausage, sliced thin

  • TechniqueHand-tied

The family's own mortadella, tied by hand in natural casing and sliced thin at the counter. Ideally it goes round the corner to Osteria del Sole.

Salumeria Simoni

Emilian · salumeria · mortadella · Quadrilatero, Bologna

Via Drapperie 5/2a, 40124 Bologna

The Simoni family's Quadrilatero salumeria, a cured-meat shop now in its fourth generation, making its own mortadella in a workshop outside the city. You watch it sliced at the counter.

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Why the mortadella

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  • Craft

    Stuffed into natural casings and tied by hand by the family.

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  • Technique

    Cooked slowly for about 20 hours, then rested.

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  • Tradition

    No pistachio, because the Bologna recipe has none.

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