Traditional food of Bologna: 4 dishes

• Lasagne alla bolognese · Main dish · Bologna

  Lasagne alla bolognese is the Emilian version of an old idea: wide sheets of pasta layered with sauce and baked.

• Tortellini in brodo · Soup & stew · Bologna and Modena

  Tortellini are small rings of fresh egg pasta filled with pork loin, prosciutto, mortadella, Parmigiano and nutmeg, served in capon broth.

• Tagliatelle al ragù · Noodles & pasta · Bologna

  Tagliatelle al ragù is Bologna's own dish: long ribbons of fresh egg pasta with a slow-cooked meat sauce of beef and pork, soffritto of onion, carrot and celery, a little tomato, wine and milk, simmered for hours.

• Mortadella · Snack · Bologna

  Mortadella is Bologna's famous sausage, a wide, pale pink slicing sausage of finely ground pork studded with cubes of fat, seasoned with black pepper and sometimes pistachios, and cooked slowly.

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