Maccheroni with mortadella — here is today’s recipe: an easy, quick and very tasty first course featuring the cold cut that is emblematic of my adopted city, Bologna. The mortadella — or better the Mortadella Bologna PGI — is a cold cut made only with finely ground pork combined with spices and lard, then stuffed and cooked.

It is an ancient food since its production seems to date back to the 1st century in the area between Emilia-Romagna and Lazio.
After a certain period, however, mortadella fell into obscurity only to reappear in the late Middle Ages and only in the territory of Bologna where the Archaeological Museum still preserves the first evidence of a mortadella producer: a Roman Imperial stele depicting seven piglets grazing and a mortar with a pestle nearby.
Maccheroni with mortadella are a flavorful and tasty first course — I would call it a one-dish meal that perfectly satisfies the desire for a super quick and very appetizing pasta dish. Now, into the kitchen… follow me!

I suggest other mortadella recipes such as:
SAVORY ROLL WITH ARUGULA AND MORTADELLA
SAVORY PIE WITH MORTADELLA

GREEN BALANZONI WITH MORTADELLA
                                                                
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MACCHERONI WITH MORTADELLA
La cucina di ASI