How to Use mortadella in a Sentence

mortadella

noun
  • On the white marble counter, a shiny red Berkel slicer cradles a tower of mortadella.
    Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2019
  • Stir in the cream and mortadella and cook at a gentle simmer until heated through.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2018
  • Off the flames come thick pieces of sourdough, made with a 25-year-old starter, kissed with smoke and delicious with slices of homemade mortadella.
    Brett Martin, GQ, 23 Apr. 2018
  • All of the tweaks make for a pretty great sub, stacked with thick slices of mortadella, capicola, salami and provolone.
    Jenn Harrisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2020
  • There's a warm mortadella sandwich, which is a fancy lunch meat sandwich.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 15 July 2019
  • Without cleaning the grinder, grind the pancetta, prosciutto, and mortadella twice into a medium bowl.
    CBS News, 28 Sep. 2019
  • His is crafted from the usual suspects: cured meats such as mortadella and soppressata, along with provolone cheese and the makings of an olive relish.
    Kate Krader, Bloomberg.com, 14 May 2020
  • Pick a protein Bring on the deli meats (salami! prosciutto! mortadella!) and tinned fish (anchovies! octopus! mussels escabeche!), and don’t be afraid to mix and match.
    Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Originally a peasant sausage, ‘nduja is composed of back fat, belly and trimmings of lean meat — the same mix used to produce mortadella.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • No more kuku, my mother’s Persian herb frittata; no more kalbas sandwiches: all-beef mortadella wrapped in lavash bread.
    Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Layer half of soppressata on bottom half of bread, followed by half of capicola, half of mortadella, and half of provolone.
    Gabriella Vigoreaux, Good Housekeeping, 25 Oct. 2015
  • One cook cuts pasta sheets into squares, while another doles out the filling—a blend of mortadella, prosciutto, pork loin, Parmigiano-Reggiano, eggs, and nutmeg.
    Benjamin Kemper, CNT, 17 Feb. 2017
  • No Bologna Coney: Italian mortadella pork sausage flavored with pistachios and Mancini’s pepper blend, served on a buttered and toasted split-top bun, and topped with mild muffuletta olive and pepper salad.
    Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2019
  • In Carmel, find a New Orleans-style muffaletta with mortadella, city ham, salame cotto, provolone, mozzarella, olive salad and giardiniera on a sesame roll.
    Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2018
  • Highlights from the new daytime menu include the #11 Lil Sal’s grinder with prosciutto, sopressata, mortadella and mozzarella; and the Caesar salad with bagna cauda, bread crumbs and an unimaginable amount of Parmesan.
    Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 11 June 2019
  • Repeat process with another layer of crepe, mayonnaise and mortadella.
    Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Take the very impressive-looking muffaletta, stacked with mortadella, capicola, Genoa salami, and olive salad, the bottom bun splashed with balsamic vinegar.
    Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 9 July 2018
  • The rotolo is essentially a savory cinnamon bun made with pizza dough, usually stuffed with mortadella and ricotta and topped with a pistachio pesto.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 6 Mar. 2017
  • The rotolo is essentially a savory cinnamon bun made with pizza dough, usually stuffed with mortadella and ricotta and topped with a pistachio pesto.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 6 Mar. 2017
  • One notable pinsa option is the Mortadella, with mortadella sausage, mascarpone cream and crumbled pistachio.
    Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
  • In addition to the fresh pastas, the family will make spezzatino (beef stew) with polenta; chicken scaloppine; mortadella sandwiches; and crostoli (fried dough with powdered sugar).
    Jenn Harris, latimes.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The French Quarter: Sopressata, mortadella, capicola, provolone, olives, olive oil.
    Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 12 July 2018
  • The muffuletta is a variation on the Italian sandwich, a medley of cold cuts, ham, mortadella, salami, pepperoni and cappicola, plus Swiss and provolone cheeses (a vegetarian version is available).
    USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
  • In a meat market, rows of aged prosciutto dangle from steel rods above displays of sausages, fresh cuts of meats, and an almost-holy litany of salumi: mortadella, prosciutto pratomagno, pancetta, coppa, lardo, mondiola, biruldu.
    Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
  • Bring your appetite to the Mercato delle Erbe or Mercato di Mezzo for a belly-filling extravaganza, or wander into just about any trattoria to tuck into tortellini al brodo, mortadella, and tagliatelle in a slow-simmered ragu.
    Alexander Pohl, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Head to your local market deli for mortadella, Genoa salami, pagnotta, and prosciutto and let the layering begin alternating between meats, garlic mayonnaise, and olive spread for a majorly filling meal.
    Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Olives, lettuce, mozzarella, mortadella, salami, pesto ...
    Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2018

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