Salumi

Italian cured meat products predominantly made from pork

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Prosciutto di Parma
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Salumi (sg.: salume) are Italian meat products typical of an antipasto, predominantly made from pork and cured. Salumi also include bresaola, which is made from beef, and some cooked products, such as mortadella and prosciutto.

The word salumi, 'salted meats', derives from the Latin sal, 'salt'.[1]

Examples of salumi include:

  • Prosciutto – dry-cured ham, thinly sliced and served uncooked (prosciutto crudo)
    • Prosciutto di Parma
    • Prosciutto di San Daniele
    • Speck Alto Adige – dry-cured ham from South Tyrol, Italy
    • Culatello
    • Culaccia / culatta
  • Capocollo, also known as coppa or capicola – Italian and French pork cold cut
  • Bresaola – air-dried and salted beef
  • Cotechino – slow cooked pork sausage
  • Cotechino Modena – fresh pork sausage from Modena
  • Guanciale – prepared from pork jowl or cheek
  • Lardo – Italian cured and seasoned strips of pig fat
  • Lonza and lonzinosalumi made from cured pork loin
  • Mortadella – sausage made from finely ground cured pork
  • 'Nduja – Calabrian spicy, spreadable pork sausage
  • Pancetta – made of pork belly meat
  • Salami – cured sausage, fermented and air-dried meat

See also

The dictionary definition of salumi at Wiktionary

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References

  1. ^ OED sv. salumeria, n.
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