Name: Salame di Noci (Chocolate and walnut salami with candied fruits)
Yield: Makes 2; each about 750 g
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200 g dried figs, roughly chopped; 100 g dark, bitter chocolate, broken into small pieces; 1 tbsp ground black pepper; 150 g candied orange peel, finely diced; 200 g dates, pitted and minced; 150 g citron peel, finely diced; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 200 g caster sugar; 300 g shelled walnuts; ½ tsp ground cloves

Preparation info

Makes
2
; each about 750 g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio's Italia

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2005

About

Dolci or sweets are generally reserved for festivities and other special occasions in Italy, rather than served to round off a meal. This salami di noci from Molise has some similarities to the pan forte di Siena. The fact that it’s shaped like a salami shows you the love this region has for pork products! You will need two sheets of rice paper to wrap the ‘salami’.