Fresh sausage
Salsiccia (Italian Sausage)
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Salsiccia is fresh Italian pork sausage, sweet or spicy, commonly seasoned with fennel, garlic and pepper.
Recipes vary by region, from Calabrian chili to Lombard luganega coils.
How to use it: sausage and peppers, pasta, grilled, crumbled into ragù.
- Type
- Fresh sausage
- Origin
- Italy-wide
- Made from
- Pork, salt, often fennel
- Best uses
- sausage and peppers, pasta, grilled, crumbled into ragù.
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