Chocolate salami is a typical dessert of the Christmas season in Europe. The pioneer countries in making this recipe known were Portugal and Italy and it subsequently spread throughout the world quickly. Its cylindrical shape is similar to that of conventional salami, as is the appearance it is given. The color of the chocolate replaces the red of the salami, it is also sprinkled with icing sugar and decorated with cotton twine.
We can find chocolate salami already sliced in the best bakeries. The appearance provided by the pieces of cookies and nuts makes it confused with salami. Sometimes they call this dessert "sweet charcuterie" and it cannot be missed at celebrations, parties and birthdays. The little ones in the house love it!
CHRISTMAS RECIPES:
CHOCOLATE SALAMI, COOKIES AND NUTS
Ingredients (1 salami)
- 150 g chocolate 70% cocoa
- 45 g nocciolata
- 45 g butter
- 60 g cookies
- 75 g of assorted nuts: walnuts, toasted hazelnuts, raisins and cranberries
- vanilla icing sugar
Preparation (30 minutes + 5 hours approx.):
1. Place a double layer of plastic wrap on top of the work surface. The 2 pieces of plastic wrap have to be about 40 cm long.
2. Break the cookies into pieces. Reserve.
3. Chop the nuts. Reserve.
4. Melt the chocolate together with the butter in batches of 20 seconds in the microwave.
5. Add the nocciolata and mix well.
6. When the chocolate, butter and nocciolata mixture is homogeneous, add the cookies and nuts. Stir well.
7. Place the mixture in the center of the plastic wrap, and roll carefully. Squeeze the two ends and roll them as if it were a candy.
8. If necessary, roll the salami again with another piece of plastic wrap to give it more tension.
9. Put the salami in the refrigerator for about 5 hours.
10. Once the salami is hard, unwrap it and coat it with vanilla icing sugar.
11. To give the salami more realism, roll it with cotton twine before serving.
Enjoy!
