XXX - Tapirulan illustration contest

This is my illustration for the Tapirulan illustration contest.
The theme for this tenth edition of the contest was X.

you can watch the gallery here
http://www.tapirulan.it/concorso-calendario/499/537/5786#commenti

original italian sanguinaccio

The "sanguinaccio" is a traditional Italian recipe made ​​with chocolate and pig blood. 

It's a carnival dessert.

To extract blood from the pig, it is slowly slaughtered.