Chocolate salami (Salame di Cioccolato)
A dessert with Italian or Portuguese roots, known by many different names across Europe. In Estonia, it is known as Kirju koer. Simpler versions of this dessert include cocoa, butter, cookies, sugar, and eggs. This dessert is believed to have its roots in Sicily. The only thing that connects this dessert to salami is its appearance.
I made a different, really rich version of it, which is very tasty. In addition to the classic ingredients, I used crushed almonds, walnuts, pistachios, and chocolate.
Level: Easy
Serves: about 10 people
Ingredients:
200 g of almonds, lightly crushed
50 g walnuts, lightly crushed
450 g of cookies of your choice
200 g marmalade cut into pieces
Grated peel of 2 oranges
250 g butter (melted)
150 g of sugar
200 g of baking chocolate, melted
200 g of dark chocolate cut into pieces
3 tbsp cognac, rum or cointreaou (optional)
3 heaping tablespoons of cocoa
150 g of pistachios
2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar
Preparation:
1. Crush the almonds and walnuts.
2. Crumble the cookies with your hands into pieces and add to the nuts.
3. Add sugar, pistachios, and vanilla sugar.
4. Wash the oranges and finely grate the peel of two oranges and add to the mixture.
5. Melt the butter and chocolate and pour them into the cake mixture.
6. Coarsely chop the dark chocolate and add to the mixture.
7. If desired, add 3 tablespoons of rum, cognac, or Cointreau.
8. Mix everything evenly, spread cling film on the work surface, put 1/3 of the mixture on the cling film, wrap the cake in the cling film and press it into an oblong piece with your hands so that there are no air pockets. Similar way wrap all the mixture into the cling film forming three cakes.
9. Form the cake into a sausage-like shape and tightly fold the ends of the film together and form it into a nice round shape. Let stand and set overnight at +4 degrees C.
10. Before serving, unwrap the cake and coat it with powdered sugar, which will increase its resemblance to salami even more.
11. Cut the cake into about 1-1.5 cm slices and serve.
Ready!!
