Special occasions, Sweets, Vegetarian

Chocolate salami – Salame di cioccolato

Let's start by saying that salami is always good - but what if it's made out of chocolate? Even better! This is the perfect sweet to prepare for a birthday party or to bring to your friends' home, and it does not require any baking! There are many versions of this typical Italian sweet. This one features eggs, sugar, butter (just a little), cookies, orange juice, and obviously chocolate! You can choose which type of chocolate to put, depending on which one you prefer. I prepared my chocolate salami with a bar of chocolate with 67% cacao, but feel free to change it and to enrich the salami with nuts and dried fruits!

Prep time: 30 min
Resting time: 2-3 hours
Total time: 2-3 hours and 30 min

$5-8 total*

8-10 people

Ingredients

200 g (7.1 oz) Italian baked cookies (frollini), roughly chopped
250 g (8.8 oz) dark chocolate (I used 67% cacao)
10 g (1 Tbsp) unsweetened cacao
2 whole eggs
100 g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
30 g (2 tbsp) unsalted butter, melted
30 ml (1 tbsp) orange juice
1–2 tbsp icing sugar for decorating

Preparation

Make sure all your ingredients are out of the fridge for at least 30 minutes before preparing the salami. Place a mixing bowl in the freezer.

Beat the sugar with the eggs.

Melt the chocolate with the butter on a double boiler (Bain Marie) over low heat.

Add the eggs and sugar batter to the melted chocolate and stir the mixture over low heat until incorporated (about 2-3 minutes).

Pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl you previously placed in the freezer and put it in the fridge for 3/4 minutes.

Meanwhile, roughly chop the cookies. Please do not mix them with an electric mixer as you need quite big chunks of biscuits (see images below).

Remove the chocolate mixture from the fridge and add the orange juice and cacao. Stir well until incorporated.

Add the chopped biscuits to the chocolate mixture and mix until combined.

Pour the chocolate mixture onto a large piece of parchment paper. Roll and press it with the parchment paper to form a salami.

Close the ends of the paper with a ribbon or by simply twisting the parchment paper.

Let the salami rest in the fridge for at least 2-3 hours.

When ready to be served, unfold the salami from the parchment paper and sprinkle with icing sugar.

Wrap it with baker’s twine for decoration – it will make it look even more like a real salami!

Tips & notes

To slice the salami, use a very sharp, not serrated knife.
The classic recipe calls for rum instead of orange juice.
You can store the salami in an airtight container for up to 5-6 days.

* Price range estimated from local markets and supermarkets (it can change according to season, location and product quality)

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