Salami
First published on 25 Jun 2008. Updated on 11 May 2011.

An Italian-born sausage cured, rolled and thinly sliced. A pride of many butchers, be wary of confusing it with its mass produced derivative, the pepperoni, if you're a slow cleaver dodger.

Fine salami is raw, or salame crudo and formed from either pure pork or a pork/beef combination for the die-hard carnivore. It owes its sharper taste to an array of seasonings like garlic or peppercorn, and salami from southern Italy has a trademark spiciness.

Cooked or cotto salami is the inferior step-cousin of this delicacy, but it can take heart in the fact that the largest sausage on the books, the mortadella, is a noteworthy example. When the roll is sliced, it reveals a pretty pink or reddish tinge speckled with pure, unadulterated fat. Tasty. No wonder Joey Tribianni was a fan.

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