Salsicce di Lucania

Name: Salsicce di Lucania
Yield: makes about 2 1/2 pounds
Ingredients: 6 fat cloves garlic, peeled and crushed; 1 piece fresh ginger, 2 inches by 2 inches, peeled and crushed; 3 ounces pancetta; 2 1/2 pounds pork shoulder, well trimmed of its fat and very finely minced; 8 ounces fresh pork fat, ground; 1/2 cup good red wine; 1/4 cup grappa; 1 small, dried red chile pepper, crushed, or 1/3 to 1/2 teaspoon dried chile flakes; 2 1/2 tablespoons fine sea salt; 1/2 cup olive oil

January 24, 2012

Soppressato is a dried sausage of large, oval shape, refined texture, and vivid spice, the masterwork of the salumieri lucani. This sausage is a fundamental offering on the Lucanian table and its goodness is often celebrated, imitated—in longer, more slender shapes—in all the regions of Italy, under the all-encompassing name of luganica/luganega, after Lucania. Here follows a recipe for a fresh sausage that embraces the flavors and perfumes of the traditional salsicce of Lucania.

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