It’s a heavenly delicious Italian dessert and it’s so easy to make you won’t even believe! Perfect for adding to your Christmas gift baskets!
Chocolate salami is a delicious dessert that, in many regions, Italian families eat during winter lazy Sundays or as afternoon snack for children (they love it!), or as a dessert after a lunch with an excellent espresso.
Along with chocolate cake, Chocolate Salami is one of the most popular desserts. It has the advantage to be uncooked but it must be kept in the refrigerator.
Italian Chocolate Salami (Salame di Cioccolato)| Christmas Recipe
Course: DessertCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Easy4
servings20
minutes20
minutes300
kcal40
minutesIt’s a heavenly delicious Italian dessert and it’s so easy to make you won’t even believe! Perfect for adding to your Christmas gift baskets!
Ingredients
7oz (200g) cookies/biscuits/biscotti
9oz (250g) dark chocolate
6 tablespoons (90g) butter, unsalted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
3.5oz (100g) pistachios, toasted
2-3 tablespoons liquor/coffee *optional
Pinch salt
Powdered sugar for coating
Directions
- Crush the biscuits
- Melt chocolate and butter over double boiler, until completely smooth. Remove from heat and add alcohol or coffee (optional), milk, vanilla extract, crushed cookies, pistachios, salt and mix until combined.
- Spread half the mixture onto plastic wrap and shape it into a log. Roll the plastic wrap and twist the ends to seal. Roll back and forth few times to make the log evenly round. Repeat with remaining mixture.
- Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours until firm.
- Remove the plastic wrap, dust with powdered sugar from all sides (or roll in powdered sugar). Brush off excess sugar.
- To give it an authentic salami look Wrap it up in kitchen twine.
Recipe Video
Notes
- Instead of pistachios you can use almond/ pecans/hazelnut or any other nuts that you like.
- Keep refrigerated.
- For extra flavor you can add any liquor that you like or brewed coffee. But it is optional.
- If you are not using coffee or liquor, use the same amount of milk instead.
