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Origin
Calabria — Regione intera
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Description
Calabrian stuffed pork roll — thin pork escalopes (braciole) wrapped around a filling of 'nduja, Pecorino Crotonese, and fresh parsley, skewered with rosemary sprigs, and grilled over charcoal or braised in tomato. The 'nduja inside the roll melts during cooking, basting the pork from the inside with its chilli-pork fat combination and creating an intensely flavoured inner surface. The outer surface chars and caramelises against the heat.
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The Thread
—Stuffed pork roll braised in tomato — Naples uses hard-boiled egg and raisins inside where Calabria uses 'nduja; both are signature rolled-meat preparations Neapolitan
—Thin beef or pork escalope rolled around a filling, skewered, and either braised or grilled — the stuffed meat roll tradition across European cuisines German
—Ground spiced filling inside a meat wrapper, charcoal-grilled — the principle of chilli-spiced fat basting meat from the inside during cooking Bulgarian
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Flavour Context
Char-grilled pork exterior, molten 'nduja fire inside, sharp Pecorino, parsley freshness — fierce heat, pork richness, the intensity Calabria demands
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