Panino con Culatello di Zibello
Culatello (cured pork loin heart, the 'king of salumi') from Zibello; aged in humid Po River cellars, complex and expensive.
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Culatello (cured pork loin heart, the 'king of salumi') from Zibello; aged in humid Po River cellars, complex and expensive.
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