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salamino

salami

Just two more words for salame, used here and there. DOP salamino cacciatore (or cacciatorini) is a high-quality small beef salame from Mantova and the Valtellina. The salamino piccante of Campania and Calabria is the closest thing Italy has to the Italian-American pepperoni. In Norcia, in Umbria, they make an old fashioned salamino di nonno (grandpa's salame). Moncestino, in Piedmont, has a sagra in April for its salamino.

Most northern regions have something they call salametto or salamet', some mild and refined, some spicy and reminiscent of Spanish chorizo.

Cured Meats and Sausages

DOP (PDO) products and acronyms

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

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