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Head cheese

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This is a specific type of salami made from the lean parts of a pig’s head: cheek, tongue and pigskin, and some muscles. These ingredients are boiled in water for many hours and then the softened meat  is seasoned with salt, pepper and spices, and stuffed in a natural casing.

 

This product is part of the historic tour

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The farm was founded in 1930 by Cecchini Virgilio, and has for generations been present on the market with the “norcina” processing of pork