Fresh
- Processing
- Dried before sale
- Preparation
- Requires prolonged cooking
Zampone Modena
Zampone Modena IGP encloses a pork, fat and rind mixture in the skin of a pig’s foreleg, giving it its distinctive shape.
- Meat
- Pork, fat and rind
- Casing
- Skin of the pig’s foreleg
- Protection
- IGP
- Forms
- Fresh or cooked
Fresh or cooked
Both forms are allowed; follow the particular package’s preparation instructions.
Cooked
- Processing
- Heat-treated in sealed packaging
- Preparation
- Follow the package instructions
The casing makes the difference
The specification requires the natural skin casing of the pig’s foreleg, complete with its terminal toe bones and tied at the upper end. Cotechino Modena can instead use natural or artificial casings. The two protected products share a broad production area across defined provinces in Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto.
