Pajata or Pagliata

Appears in
Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

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This is the Roman name for the first section of the intestine of the milk-fed calf, used with its chyme. Today it is difficult to find, and lamb intestine is used instead of calf. Its flavor, however, is much stronger.