| Chocolate salami | |
| Alternate Name: | Salame al cioccolato; Salame de chocolate |
| Country: | Italy, Portugal |
| Region: | Southern Europe |
| Main Ingredient: | Cocoa, broken biscuits, butter, sometimes nuts. |
Chocolate salami is an Italian 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.[1]
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.
In Jordan, it is known as Arabic: ليزي كيك (lazy cake), which is usually made with Marie biscuit.
In Syria, it is known as Arabic: سوكسية, and usually made with either walnuts or pistachios.
In Greece, chocolate salami is called Greek, Modern (1453-);: mosaiko (mosaic) or Greek, Modern (1453-);: kormos (trunk).[2]
In Bulgaria, it is known as Bulgarian: Сладък Салам (meaning Sweet Salami), and like the Russian Chocolate Sausage; uses walnuts.
In Cyprus, it is known as Doukissa (Duchess cake).
In Denmark, it is known as Danish: 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).[3] [4]
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 Hungarian: Keksz rolád (biscuit roll), Keksz szalámi (biscuit salami), Hungarian: Pöttyöske (dotty) or Hungarian: Keksz tekercs (rolled biscuit).
In Italy, it is also called Italian: salame al cioccolato (chocolate salami) or, especially in Sicily, Italian: salami turcu (Turkish salami).
In Latvia, this dessert goes by many names like Latvian: šokolādes desa (chocolate sausage), Latvian: saldā desa (sweet sausage), Latvian: saldā brunete (sweet brunette), Latvian: lāča sūds (bear feces), 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 Lithuanian: [[tinginys]], 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 Dutch; Flemish: arretjescake.
In Poland, a similar dessert is called Polish: blok czekoladowy (chocolate block).
In Portugal, it is called Portuguese: salame de chocolate (chocolate salami),[5] and is typically made using Marie biscuit.[6]
In Romania, it is called Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: 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.[7] [8]
In Russia, it is called Russian: шоколадная колбаса (meaning chocolate sausage) and made with walnut.
In Turkey, it is called Turkish: mozaik pasta (mosaic cake).[9]
In Brazil, it is known as Portuguese: palha italiana (even though it does not resemble straws). It is usually made similarly to brigadeiro, with biscuit chunks inside.[10] [11]
In Uruguay, it is called Spanish; Castilian: salchichón de chocolate (chocolate sausage).
Similarly, in Argentina, it is called Spanish; Castilian: salame de chocolate (chocolate salami, closer to the Italian name).[12]