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

Preparation info

Makes
2 × 750 g
salami

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio – The Collection

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

300 g shelled walnuts
200 g caster sugar
2

Method

Crush two-thirds of the walnuts, leaving the rest whole.

Put the sugar in a pan with the water and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Continue to heat until the sugar syrup just turns golden.

Meanwhile, combine all the other ingredients, including the crushed and whole walnuts, in a bowl. Add the sugar syrup and mix well. Divide the mixture in two and spoon each portion