Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1399
Built upon: No. 268Gratins
1399—Zampino de Modène
Zampino, or stuffed leg of pork, is a product of Italian pork-butchery.
It is cooked like a ham, after having been tied in a napkin lest its skin burst.
Served hot, it is accompanied by a Madeira or tomato sauce, a garnish of boiled, braised, or No. 268, Gratins cabbages; of French beans, or of potato purée.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1399, p. 459. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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