10 Most Famous Italian Sausages & Salami That Will Leave You Drooling

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Famous Italian Sausages & Salami

Often made with pork, Italian sausages and salami are famous around the world. If you’re also wondering, there are some famous options from Italy according to TasteAtlas.

Made from pork, lardelli, and selected spices, this Italian sausage is quite famous.

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1. Mortadella Bologna

A cured, chilli-spiced pork salami and there are several ways to enjoy this yummy.

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2. Nduja

This cured sausage is generally sliced into thick pieces and is paired with crusty bread.

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3. Ventricina

This Italian dry sausage generally comprises pork (even beef or veal), red wine, garlic, salt, and peppercorns.

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4. Genoa Salami

Essentially made from finely ground pork neck and shoulder, this salami has a distinct aroma of fennel seeds.

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5. Finocchiona

Made from roughly cut pork meat and fat, this salami uses basic seasoning.

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6. Soppressata

This traditional product is smoked through the embers of juniper wood.

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7. Pitina

Made in the Campania region, this salami uses pork shoulder, loin, leg, neck, and ham along with some spices.

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8. Salame Napoli

From the Lombardy region, this salami was born from leftovers of salami production.

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9. Pisto

This is a short-matured salami from the lower Parma region that’s typically made from finely ground lean pork.

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10. Strolghino

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So, which one of these sausages and salamis are your favourite?