mortadella

[ mawr-tuh-del-uh ]

/ ˌmɔr təˈdɛl ə /

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noun

a large Italian sausage of pork, beef, and pork fat chopped fine, seasoned with garlic and pepper, cooked, and smoked.

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Origin of mortadella

1605–15; <Italian <Latin murtāt(um) sausage seasoned with myrtle (murt(um) myrtle-berry + -ātum, neuter of -ātus-ate¹) + -ella diminutive suffix

Several Cubans worked together to cook rice with mortadella, cheese-filled tacos, and rice with beans.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part III|Yariel Valdés González|July 21, 2021|Washington Blade
This time his look was indignant as he exclaimed: "But, signor, it is mortadella!"
Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2|John Wilson Townsend
For instance, at Naples we had the famous Mortadella sausage for breakfast, and being engaged in eager conversation, I forgot him.
A Word Only A Word, Complete|Georg Ebers
Hence the mortadella a mortatula, still so calld by the Italians, perhaps the of Athenæus, deip.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Evelyn

Mortadella, a favorite Italian sausage, is made from lean pork ham meat chopped very fine.
Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913|Various
I wish I could send a man from Fortnum and Mason's out to you with a chunk of mortadella.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I)|Henry James