"Boudin" (black pudding or potato salami) are among the great classics of Valdaostan cuisine, prepared following to the letter the old recipes handed down over generations.
This particular salami is prepared with boiled potatoes, hand-peeled and left to cool, diced lard, beetroot (excellent natural preservative), spices, natural flavours, wine and pork or beef blood.
They are placed in thin natural gut casings, hand tied, then hung to dry for a fortnight. Bertolin also produces a "no blood" variety which is fuchsia in colour.
Excellent as a cold starter, it can be served boiled accompanied by red mountain potatoes, or else cooked for 15 minutes in the oven: a real delicacy even for the most refined palates.