Fig Salami

Name: Fig Salami (Frustringo (Lonza di Fichi))
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 400 g/14 oz chopped dates; 150 g/5 oz natural candied peel, finely chopped; 100 g/3½ oz whole pistachios; 200 g/7 oz walnuts, roughly chopped; 200 g/7 oz almonds, roughly chopped; 1 liqueur glass crème de menthe; 2 teaspoons freshly ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon vanilla essence; 2 kg/4½ lb dried honey figs, no flour dusted on top; 1 liqueur glass Strega; 1 liqueur glass anisette; 200 g/7 oz bitter chocolate, chopped; 1 liqueur glass brandy

Frustringo (Lonza di Fichi)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Leaves from The Walnut Tree

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

About

A slice or two of lonza di fichi is good served with pecorino cheese. Originally it was eaten with a slice of bread as a snack.

Ingredients

2 kg/4½ lb dried honey figs, no flour dusted on top
200 g/7

Europe
Italy
Marche
Dessert
Snack
Preserve
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Mince the figs, add all the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Divide the mixture into 5 parts. Dust a board and your hands with icing sugar and roll out salamis 5 cm/2 in wide and