Name: Italian Chocolate Salami (Vegan)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 200 min
Ingredients: 200 g dark chocolate (without milk) (or 7 oz.); 100 g vegan butter (or 3.5 oz.); 100 g sugar (any type) (or 3.5 oz.); 100 g plain vegan biscuits e.g. digestive (or 3.5 oz.); 15 g dark cocoa powder (or 0.5 oz.); powdered sugar - optional

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Recipe description

This is one of our favourite comfort foods. A chocolate roll stuffed with crunchy biscuits. Can you imagine?

In this vegan version, we use plant-based butter instead of the traditional dairy one.

It is also a great way to recycle chocolate and biscuits left in the pantry and it takes only 20 minutes to prepare!

With its delicious genuine taste, kids are very likely to love it.

Origin and Curiosities

The Italian name salame di cioccolato clearly comes from the resemblance with a salami.

The recipe is common in the whole country and not only! It is also a Portuguese recipe named Salame de Chocolate.

In Sicily, they call it salame turco (Turkish salami). Not because of its origins, but because its colour reminded them of the skin tone of Turkish people.

In Emilia Romagna, they traditionally prepare it during Easter festivities. It is a crafty way to recycle Easter chocolate eggs.

In Piedmont, they often add their traditional hazelnuts to the mixture.

It is also common in Veneto, Naples, and in the Mantua area.

Chocolate salami with biscuits inside. Slices on the left, half cut roll on the right. Pieces of chocolate and biscuits on the sides, as a decoration.

Italian Chocolate Salami (Vegan)

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Refrigerating time 3 hours

Total Time 3 hours 20 minutes

Servings 4 people

Chocolate roll stuffed with crunchy biscuits.

Equipment

double saucepan
bowl
spatula
baking paper

Ingredients

200 g dark chocolate (without milk) (or 7 oz.)
100 g vegan butter (or 3.5 oz.)
100 g sugar (any type) (or 3.5 oz.)
100 g plain vegan biscuits e.g. digestive (or 3.5 oz.)
15 g dark cocoa powder (or 0.5 oz.)
powdered sugar – optional

Instructions

Prepare the mixture

Melt the dark chocolate in the double soucepan. Meanwhile, work the butter with the sugar in a mixing machine or bowl until you get a soft and homogenous dough.
Roughly crumble the biscuits with your hands.
When the melted chocolate has cooled down enough, add it to the sugar and butter mixture. Add the cocoa powder and mix it with the spatula until reaching a smooth consistency.
Then add the biscuits and mix.

Form the salami

Transfer the mixture onto a baking sheet. Use your hands to give it a cylindrical shape, then roll it in the paper and tie it like a candy.
Leave it to cool down in the fridge for at least 2-3 hours.

Serve

Before serving, you can roll it in powdered sugar if you like.
Slice it and enjoy!