Prosciutto crudo is a type of traditional Italian ham. It is a salted, dry-cured, aged ham made from the top part of pig hind legs. Prosciutto crudo is a ‘salume’, that is, an Italian specialty cold cut made exclusively from pork meat. As its name suggests, it is raw (or crudo), which means it’s uncooked. … Read more about What Is Prosciutto Crudo?
Prosciutto cotto is a specialty Italian ham of international recognition. It is the cooked version of the famous Italian salt-cured and dried DOP ham known as prosciutto crudo. As opposed to prosciutto crudo which is salt-cured and dried uncooked ham, prosciutto cotto is a salt-cured and cooked ham of the utmost quality. An Italian delicacy … Read more about What Is Prosciutto Cotto?
Essential oils are pleasantly scented oils obtained from the most fragrant parts of a plant, most notably flowers, leaves, peel and seeds, but also fruits, twigs, wood, bark, root and resin. Versus carrier oils which are typically edible, essential oils are inedible, toxic even if ingested, no matter how small the amounts, or used topically … Read more about What Are Essential Oils and How to Use Them?
Mortadella or mortadella meat is an Italian delicacy made exclusively from pork meat with chunks of pork neck fat. It’s essentially a fancy bologna sausage, but a lot higher-quality and much more exquisite-tasting. Mortadella has PGI status, meaning Protected Geographical Indication, acknowledging it as a traditional Italian specialty of the utmost quality from the Emilia-Romagna … Read more about Properties and Benefits of Mortadella