Chocolate Salami Recipe

This is not a strange mixture of chocolate and salami. It’s named for its resemblance to the real sausage and is a traditional Italian dessert (or sometimes snack) made of chocolate, broken biscuits, eggs, butter and sometimes nuts, dried fruits and rum. It’s quite fun, since it looks like real salami as you slice in and see the bits of biscuits, nuts and fruits resembling the specks of fat and pepper in real salami. No wonder kids love it.

Preparing it is quite easy. You just need hours of waiting time for the hardening-in-the-freezer part, so if you want to serve it at a certain day or time, then prepare ahead.

Yields 1 approximately 15-inch salami

Ingredients:

● 9 ounces dry milk-based, plain biscuits
● 3 tablespoons pistachios, coarsely chopped (can be replaced with other nuts)
● 2 tablespoons dried cranberries, coarsely chopped (can be replaced with other dried fruits)
● 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
● 9 tablespoons granulated white sugar
● 4 ounces butter, melted
● 2 eggs, yolks and whites separated

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Directions:

1. In a large bowl, break the biscuits into small pieces with your hands.
2. Add 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder and 8 tablespoons of sugar, and mix well with the biscuits.
3. Add the butter, and mix well.
4. Lightly whisk the egg whites, and then add them to the biscuits.
5. Add the egg yolks, and make sure everything is mixed together well.
6. On a work surface, lay out a long piece of aluminum foil (longer than 15 inches). Note: You can divide the mixture and make 2 shorter chocolate salami.
7. In a small bowl, mix together the remaining cocoa powder and sugar, and spread it evenly down the middle of the aluminum foil, about 15 inches in length. This will serve as a coating for the salami.
8. Add the biscuit mixture in a long, straight line on top of the powder mixture.
9. Using both ends of the aluminum foil, shape the salami into a compact cylinder. Note: Make sure the salami is covered with the powder mixture and that it is compact and hard. If the aluminum foil breaks during this process, just change it to a new sheet. Twist both ends of the aluminum foil.
10. Freeze the chocolate salami for at least 8 hours.
11. The salami can last for weeks in the freezer. When serving, slice through the aluminum foil, cover the sliced end with another small piece of aluminum foil, and immediately put the chocolate salami back into the freezer.

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