Salami

In a mix that is similar to his Ventricina, Luigi di Lello uses meat from the loin, shoulder and ham and seasons with chilli and fennel to make a s...

A unique salami made from big, hand cut pieces of loin, shoulder and ham mixed with chilli (the spice is warm rather than hot) and fennel seeds. Ha...

Like little Italian beer sticks, these salsicce stagionate from Mauro and Chiara Casetta are long, thin and chewy. They are perfect in picnics and ...

Hot spreading salami made with 1/3rd chilli, 1/3rd fat and 1/3rd lean meat. In Cervicati the tradition is to eat nduja on bread, never to cook with...

Massimo's most unusual salami is the mortandela, a seasonal salami in the shape of a patty, bound by caul, which can be either sliced and eaten or ...

With a butchers shop in Alba, home of the white truffle , it is no surprise that Mauro and Chiara have chosen to season one of their smaller salami...

The classic tuscan slicing salami from Carlo Pieri. It is seasoned with fennel seeds and fennel pollen that are picked by his mum and it is always ...

There are many different types of Sopressa made across the Veneto. Ours is made with cuts from the loin, shoulder, coppa and seasoned with fresh ga...

The Nero dei Nebrodi pig takes 2 years mature to the small size of just 130kg - of which 70% is fat. Not a viable proposition to most farmers but i...

A salame made with prime cuts from the shoulder, loin and ham mixed with the best back fat. It is seasoned with garlic and then smoked overnight ov...

Carlo Pieri's salame Toscano takes all the good cuts and mixes them with cubes of the best back fat, black peppercorns and his own red wine. The sa...

This is the perfect salami; small enough to fit in your handbag but (perhaps) large enough to last a few days. Taste the nutmeg that is used in the...

Strolghino di Culatello - to give its full name - is a traditional salame from the Bassa Parmense made with the offcuts from Culatello production. ...

There are two chubby little Campagnolo salami in each pack, each seasoned with fennel, garlic and a touch of chilli. They are only cured for a matt...

Soppressata is the traditional salame from Calabria made with the best meat from the prosciutto and the shoulder mixed with chilli and salt The dar...

Pierre Oteiza's traditional, local salami, seasoned with rum and black peppercorns then stuffed into the caecum casing which gives its distinctive ...

Pierre Oteiza's saucisse seche is meaty and addictively chewy. It is seasoned with Piment d'Espelette, a mild chilli used locally in place of black...

The Salsiccia dolce is a lovely, looping sausage that is more coarsely ground than the soppressata. It is made with meat from the shoulder and aged...

Mauro and Chiara Casetta use local wines from the Langhe region to season their salami and this is their favourite; the best cuts from shoulder, be...

Pierre Oteiza keeps his black Cochon Basque pigs in the Pyrenees some 6kms from the border with Spain. Chorizo is very traditional in this - French...