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Italian cured meat products predominantly made from pork
Not to be confused with
salami.
Salumi (
sg.: salume) are
Italian
meat products typical of an
antipasto, predominantly made from
pork and
cured. Salumi also include
bresaola, which is made from beef, and some cooked products, such as
mortadella and
prosciutto.
The word salumi, 'salted meat', derives from the
Latin sal, 'salt'.
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Examples of salumi include:
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Prosciutto – dry-cured ham, thinly sliced and served uncooked (prosciutto crudo)
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Capocollo, also known as coppa or capicola – Italian and French pork cold cut
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Bresaola – air-dried and salted beef
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Cotechino – slow cooked pork sausage
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Cotechino Modena – fresh pork sausage from Modena
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Guanciale – prepared from pork jowl or cheek
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Lardo – Italian cured and seasoned strips of pig fat
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Lonza and
lonzino – salumi made from cured pork loin
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Mortadella – sausage made from finely ground cured pork
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'Nduja – Calabrian spicy, spreadable pork sausage
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Pancetta – made of pork belly meat
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Salami – cured sausage, fermented and air-dried meat
See also
The dictionary definition of
salumi at Wiktionary
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