Cotechino

This is a spiced pork sausage, a speciality of Emilia-Romagna and Modena. It is made like salami, with both fat and lean pork, cloves, cinnamon and pepper; this mixture is pushed into large skins and cured for a few weeks rather than months. It is available fresh in Italy, but we buy them ready cooked. We serve them hot, particularly in Bollito Misto.