Chocolate salami
{{Short description|Italian and Portuguese chocolate dessert}}
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| alternate_name = Salame al cioccolato; Salame de chocolate
| region = Southern Europe
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| main_ingredient = Cocoa, broken biscuits, butter, sometimes nuts.
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Chocolate salami is an Italian, Romanian and Portuguese dessert made from cocoa, broken biscuits, butter and sometimes alcohol such as port wine or rum. The dessert became popular across Europe and elsewhere, often losing alcohol as an ingredient along the way.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifood.tv/network/chocolate_salami |title=Chocolate Salami - Culinary Encyclopedia |access-date=2013-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103130058/http://www.ifood.tv/network/chocolate_salami |archive-date=2014-01-03 |url-status=dead }}
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Chocolate salami is not a meat product. The appellation "salami" stems from physical resemblance. Like salami, chocolate salami is formed as a long cylinder and is sliced across into discs for serving. These discs are a brown, chocolaty matrix (like the red meat of salami) peppered with bright bits of biscuit (like the white flecks of fat in salami). Some varieties also contain chopped nuts, such as almonds or hazelnuts and may be shaped like truffles.
International variations
= Asia =
In Jordan, it is known as {{lang|ar-jo|ليزي كيك}} (lazy cake), which is usually made with Marie biscuit.
In Syria, it is known as {{lang|ar-sy|سوكسية}} ({{transliteration|ar|Soukseh}}), and usually made with either walnuts or pistachios.
= Europe =
In Greece, chocolate salami is called {{lang|el|mosaiko}} (mosaic) or {{lang|el|kormos}} (trunk).{{Cite news|url=http://www.mygreekdish.com/recipe/mosaiko-greek-chocolate-and-biscuits-dessert/|title=Mosaiko recipe (Greek Chocolate and Biscuits Dessert) - My Greek Dish|date=2013-08-29|work=My Greek Dish|access-date=2017-06-05|language=en-US}}
In Bulgaria, it is known as {{lang|bg|Сладък Салам}} ({{transliteration|bg|Sladuk Salam}}, meaning Sweet Salami), and like the Russian Chocolate Sausage; uses walnuts.
In Cyprus, it is known as Doukissa (Duchess cake).
In Czech Republic, it is known as vánoční salám or čokoládový salám and is often prepared with grated coconut.
In Denmark, it is known as {{lang|da|kiksekage}} (biscuit cake).
In Estonia, it is known as Kirjukoer (colourful dog), which is commonly made out of cocoa powder, butter, crushed cookies, and jelly cubes (marmelaad in Estonian).{{Cite web |last=Drzazgowski |first=Alexandria |date=2021-02-24 |title=Spotted Dog (Kirju Koer) from Estonia |url=https://foreignfork.com/spotted-dog/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=The Foreign Fork |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Vokk |first=Kristel |date=2020-10-07 |title=Piimavaba Kirju Koer tumeda šokolaadiga toetab ajutööd |url=https://tervisliktoitumine.ee/piimavaba-kirju-koer-tumeda-sokolaadiga-toetab-ajutood/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Toitu tervislikult |language=et}}
In Germany, it is known as Kalte Schnauze (cold snout) or Kalter Hund (cold dog).
In Hungary, it is known in many names such as {{lang|hu|Keksz rolád}} (biscuit roll), Keksz szalámi (biscuit salami), {{lang|hu|Pöttyöske}} (dotty) or {{lang|hu|Keksz tekercs}} (rolled biscuit).
In Italy, it is also called {{lang|it|salame al cioccolato}} (chocolate salami) or, especially in Sicily, {{lang|it|salami turcu}} (Turkish salami).
In Latvia, this dessert goes by many names like {{lang|lv|šokolādes desa}} (chocolate sausage), {{lang|lv|saldā desa}} (sweet sausage), {{lang|lv|saldā brunete}} (sweet brunette), which is made out of cocoa, broken biscuits, butter, sugar, eggs, optionally jelly, nuts or dried berries and oftentimes with a bit of cognac.
In Lithuania, a similar dessert is called {{lang|lt|tinginys}} ({{lit|lazy}}), which is made out of cocoa, broken biscuits, condensed milk and butter, and sometimes nuts, however alternative recipes exist under the same name of the dish.
In the Netherlands, a similar dessert is called {{lang|nl|arretjescake}}.
In Poland, a similar dessert is called {{lang|pl|blok czekoladowy}} (chocolate block).
In Portugal, it is called {{lang|pt|salame de chocolate}} (chocolate salami),{{Cite web|url=https://mytastymeal.com/recipe/chocolate-salami|title=Chocolate Salami|access-date=2021-02-22}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and is typically made using Marie biscuit.{{Cite web|url=https://easyportugueserecipes.com/salame-de-chocolate-portuguese-chocolate-salami/|title=Salame De Chocolate (Portuguese Chocolate Salami)|date=March 14, 2013|website=easyportugueserecipes.com|access-date=February 26, 2016|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127191329/https://easyportugueserecipes.com/salame-de-chocolate-portuguese-chocolate-salami/|url-status=dead}}
In Romania, it is called {{lang|ro|salam de biscuiți}} (biscuit salami), and it may have originated during the 1970s or 1980s in the communist era, possibly as a result of food shortages.{{Cite web|url=http://globalcookies.blogspot.com/2007/11/romania-salam-de-biscuiti.html|title=A Cookie for Every Country: Romania: Salam de Biscuiti|website=A Cookie for Every Country|access-date=2018-06-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://totul-bio.blogspot.com/2019/08/reteta-de-salam-de-biscuiti-cu-stafide-si-rom.html|title=Reteta de salam de biscuiti cu stafide si rom - reteta clasica a copilariei|website=Totul Bio|access-date=2019-08-30}}
In Russia, it is called {{lang|ru|шоколадная колбаса}} ({{transliteration|ru|shokoladnaya kolbasa}}, meaning chocolate sausage).
In Turkey, it is called {{lang|tr|mozaik pasta}} (mosaic cake).{{Cite news|url=https://www.thespruce.com/turkish-mosaic-cake-3274169|title=An Easy, Chocolatey, No Bake Dessert From Turkey|work=The Spruce|access-date=2017-06-05}}
= South America =
In Brazil, it is known as {{lang|pt-br|palha italiana}} ({{lit|Italian straw}}, even though it does not resemble straws). It is usually made with Marie biscuits added to a brigadeiro mixture.{{ cite web | url=https://receitas.globo.com/palha-italiana-546de3c74d388520ee00003f.ghtml | title=Palha italiana | language=pt-br | first=Nadia | last=Almeida | website=Globo | date=20 November 2014 | access-date=8 September 2021 }}{{ cite web | url=https://www.receitasnestle.com.br/receitas/palha-italiana-de-chocolate | title=Palha Italiana de Chocolate | language=pt-br | website=Nestlé | access-date=8 September 2021 }}
In Uruguay, it is called {{lang|es-uy|salchichón de chocolate}} (chocolate sausage).
Similarly, in Argentina, it is called {{lang|es|salame de chocolate}} (chocolate salami, closer to the Italian name).{{ cite web | url=https://www.paulinacocina.net/salame-de-chocolate-receta-dulce-facil-y-muy-original/20577 | title=Salame de chocolate | language=es-arg | website=Paulina Cocina blog | date=23 September 2019 | access-date=25 July 2023 }}
See also
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- Uncooked variants of chocolate salami, such as:
- Hedgehog slice, from German cuisine
- Batik cake, from Malaysian cuisine
- Tiffin, from British cuisine
- Chocolate biscuit pudding, from Sri Lankan cuisine
- Gozinaki
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