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Allevamento suini di Lavorato Giuseppe
Santa Sofia d'Epiro · Province of Cosenza · Calabria
In Santa Sofia d'Epiro, in the Cosenza area, Allevamento suini di Lavorato Giuseppe oversees three Calabrian DOP cured meats: Pancetta, Salsiccia, and Soppressata. Each follows its own timing and forms—pancetta aged for at least thirty days, salsiccia tied in its characteristic chain, soppressata matured for forty-five days or more—within a protected area that embraces over four hundred municipalities. The company's uniqueness lies in its closed supply chain: it raises its own pigs and performs every step by hand, from salting to tying to the long aging process. It's a cycle that integrates breeding and processing without outsourcing, and that entrusts manual gestures with the preservation of regional flavors. Three products, three aging periods, one method: processing the meat as required by the regulations and as dictated by the Calabrian climate, where air and time complete what the hand has set. The result is a coherent range, anchored to locally raised pigs and the artisanal measure of each phase.
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What it makes
Pancetta di Calabria
Pancetta di Calabria PDO is a rectangular cured pork belly, matured at least 30 days, often coated with chilli powder, rosy in colour with alternating lean and fat striations.
Salsiccia di Calabria
Salsiccia di Calabria PDO is a matured pork sausage in a characteristic chain or U shape, seasoned with black pepper or chilli and aged at least 30 days.
Soppressata di Calabria
Soppressata di Calabria PDO is a slightly flattened cylindrical cured sausage, 10-18 cm long, matured at least 45 days, red in colour depending on the spices used.