Spianata from Calabria, Typical Italian Spicy Salami with hot Chili, Half, Salumi Pasini, 900 gr

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By 2015, ’nduja was getting used in restaurant kitchens all over the world, and not just Italian, but kitchens as diverse as that of British chef Jason Atherton in the UK and April Bloomfield at The Spotted Pig in the USA. British retailer Marks & Spencer, whose Calabrian-made Spicy Nduja and Tomato Pasta Sauce was “flying off the shelf”, called nduja the “ingredient of the moment”. Nduja was named one of 2021’s trending ingredients by the UK supermarket Waitrose’s food magazine, although I have no idea how much influence that publication has, while The Weekend Australian Magazine’s newspaper’s food writer John Lethlean published a piece in mid-March this year called Nduja: this Spicy Calabrian Salami’s Fame is Spreading.

So many stories about the spicy Southern Italian sausage paste start with how to pronounce ’nduja so let clarify a couple of things. While it’s thought that the apostrophe before the ‘n’ in ’nduja indicates that the ‘n’ is barely uttered, it’s worth noting that depending on the Calabrian dialect, it’s pronounced either as ‘en’ or not at all, as if the ‘n’ is silent. Use some semolina to dust the dough. Then press down each ball of dough, leaving the edge puffy. Gently pull and stretch until about 9 inches (23cm). The spicy “Spianata” is extremely similar to Ventricina, but differentiates due to the production process’s “flattened” shape. It has a dark crimson colour and a fiery flavour.The slices in the classic version of this cured meat have perfect homogeneity, which is especially noticeable in the cut, and is the result of a superb maturation procedure.

Suitable for a variety of preparations and dishes, ranging from a sauce for stuffed pasta to a savoury tart, or even in salads for those who choose.With your hands, form the pizza dough into a round, thin pizza. It’s best to avoid rolling out the dough using a rolling pin. The pizza is less airy and does not bake properly when the dough is rolled out. Now it seems Calabria’s fiery pork paste is popping up everywhere. We were even able to get our hands on some fantastic ’nduja here in Cambodia recently. We thought that was as good an excuse as any to tell you all about the Calabrese sausage paste and start a series on our best ’nduja recipes. As we publish the recipes, we’ll add links below under ‘How to Use ’Nduja’. Spread tomato sauce on the pizza and season with Italian herbs to taste. To boost Italian flavours, add some finely minced garlic. Spianata Piccante Calabrese is a typical Calabria salami, cured for at least 60 days. A traditional Calabrese Salami with strong taste that can be enjoyed over pizza or with focaccia. Excellent ingredients for pasta recipes! A type of cured sausage consisting of fermented and air-dried meat, typically pork.

So what is ’nduja? The spicy sausage paste is a traditional Calabrian pork product that originated in the village of Spilinga in the province of Vibo Valentia in Southern Italy’s region of Calabria. Calabrian food is fantastic and the region is a tantalising culinary destination that’s famous for everything from its fiery red peppers and sweet red onions from Tropea to its fantastic wild mushrooms.Bleu des Causses is a French blue cheese made from milk of Montbeliarde and Aubrac breeds of cow. A close cousin to Roquefort, it is produced in the Languedoc region of southern France and was granted AOC name protection in 1979. Traditionally, the cheese was made from a mixture of sheep’s milk mixed either with cow’s or goat’s milk. But according to French cheese laws, the cheese came to be made exclusively from cow’s milk. Bleu des Causses has a high-fat content of 45% and is matured for at least seventy days. However, the cheese can also be matured for up to six months in Gorges du Tarn’s natural limestone caves to develop a full and fine flavour. The cheese is similar to Blue d’Auvergne in many ways, despite Bleu des Causses having a noticeably firmer, creamier texture and spicy flavours. Bleu des Causses produced in winter and summer slightly differ in texture and flavour. Cheeses made in winter are light in colour than their summer equals. The winter produce also tends to be slightly drier. A taste of the Bleu des Causses will proffer a blend of rich milkiness amidst the peppery and spicy notes of the blue mould. The summer produce brings out their unique grassy and clover flavours. Spices give it its distinctive orange colour, and it has a spicy and savoury flavour. It’s suitable for those who prefer medium spicy flavours as spianata has the perfect intensity to combine with all This famous Italian cured meat is made with finely minced meats and a lot of seasoning, making its shape large, with a distinctive crushed shape from the pressing process. Nduja was a revelation when we first sampled the fiery Calabrian pork paste at a salumeria in Italy’s capital Rome in the spring of 2008. While ’nduja was well-known to Italian food-lovers, and beloved in its birthplace of Calabria in Southern Italy, where it’s regularly eaten on everything from bread to pizza, its popularity hadn’t yet spread across the globe. The key to this Calabrese pizza is the tomato sauce. Unlike most pizzas, all the toppings are cooked together together with the tomato. This means that all the flavors really combine and each mouthful has is complete.