Need culinary heat? Try ‘nduja, a traditional Southern Italian salumi with a burst of heat in every bite. The New York Times explains in A Dollop of Salami, Spreading From Calabria that: “‘Nduja is part of the Italian sausage family known as salami dal spalmare, spreadable salamis, made by finely grinding fat and meat and then aging the paste in a casing.”
Dried red chili peppers are responsible for the “flaming liquid salami.”
Southern Italian Salami Packs a Fiery Wallop originally appeared on About.com Italian Language on Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 02:50:00.