![]() A tobă | |
Alternative names | Caș de cap de porc |
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Course | Entrée Main course |
Place of origin | ![]() |
Region or state | Romania |
Serving temperature | Cold |
Main ingredients | Pork |
Tobă, [1] "caș de cap de porc" (which means "pig head cheese"), is a kind of a traditional Romanian delicatessen item which looks like a wide sausage, around four inches in diameter, usually using a pig's stomach, stuffed with pork jelly, liver, and skin suspended in aspic. [2]
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