It is variously known as Turkish salami, Viking salami, or English salami.
This is my version: a light chocolate salami without the addition of milk, butter, or eggs.
An easy and quick no-bake recipe: you just need to boil water and melt the chocolate, yet it’s super tasty!
Light Chocolate Salami:
– without butter for hyperglycemia concerns;
– without milk and eggs for personal taste.
The official taster really enjoyed it and exclaimed: “It’s like a patisserie”!
Chocolate salami is a perfect dessert for any occasion and suitable for all holidays: Carnival, Valentine’s Day, Day of the Dead and Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Epiphany, Easter, especially if you have chocolate from eggs to use up.
With the same mixture, you can assemble any shape: cookies, nougats, and light chocolate truffles.
* Vegetarian and also vegan if you use biscuits and dark chocolate without animal derivatives.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 1Piece
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 7 oz wholemeal dry biscuits (ORO Saiwa Fibrattiva)
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 pinch cinnamon powder
- 1 pinch dried red chili pepper (finely chopped, optional)
- 1/2 vial rum flavoring
- 1/4 cup water (boiling)
- 7 oz dark chocolate (extra)
- 2 tbsp sunflower seed oil
- 1 pinch erythritol (powdered or icing sugar)
Suggested Tools
- Bowl
- 1 Spatula silicone
- Glass graduated glass
- Kitchen Scale digital
- Kitchen Scale spoon
- Measuring Spoons set
Preparation
I used wholemeal dry biscuits rich in fiber: ORO Saiwa Fibrattiva, usually characterized by providing good glycemic responses – it’s always good to test on yourself.
* In case of allergies and food intolerances, replace with suitable biscuits.Seal the biscuits inside a freezer bag and crush them with a rolling pin until you achieve the desired size.
Break any pieces that are too large.Pour the biscuits into a bowl.
Add to the biscuits:
– the unsweetened cocoa powder;
– a pinch of cinnamon;
– a pinch of finely chopped dried red chili pepper [optional] in Modica chocolate style;
– 1/2 vial of rum flavoring;
and mix well to distribute the ingredients.In a saucepan, bring 1/4 cup of water to a boil, which you will need later.
Melt the dark chocolate in a double boiler or in a non-stick saucepan over very low heat, stirring with a silicone spatula.
Add the oil to the melted chocolate and incorporate.Pour into the bowl with the biscuits:
– the melted dark chocolate mixed with the oil;
– the 1/4 cup of boiling water;
and mix carefully until the mixture is homogeneous.Prepare a sheet of parchment paper and a sheet of aluminum foil large enough to wrap the chocolate and biscuit mixture.
Transfer the mixture to the center of the parchment paper and shape it – compacting it well – into the cylindrical shape of the salami.
Wrap the chocolate salami in the parchment paper and seal the edges like a candy.
Wrap further in the aluminum foil.Place the chocolate salami in the freezer for at least 2 hours to solidify.
After at least 2 hours, remove the chocolate salami from the freezer.
Gently open the aluminum foil and the parchment paper.
Finish with a sprinkle of erythritol in powder form – zero calories – or icing sugar and wrap with kitchen string to make the appearance of the chocolate salami more realistic.
Your light chocolate salami without the addition of butter, milk, or eggs is ready.
Serve sliced.
Enjoy your meal!
Even in its light version, chocolate salami is still a dessert.
Advice
If you feel the need to indulge, do so intelligently and consider it an exception: if you feel like having a dessert, it’s better to consume it at the end of a complete meal rich in fiber and vegetables that slow sugar absorption.Evaluate your glycemic response.
Storage, Tips, and Variations
You can personalize your chocolate salami with:
– flavors – vanilla or grated orange zest – and spices as you like;
– whole or chopped nuts – almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, pistachios.
Even if you use dark chocolate, it is still a source of fat, so to prepare a light chocolate salami: oil and other fats like nuts should be measured moderately.
* Vegetarian and also vegan if you use biscuits and dark chocolate without animal derivatives.
With the same mixture, you can assemble any shape: cookies, nougats, and light chocolate truffles.
You can store the chocolate salami in the fridge for a few days wrapped in an inner sheet of parchment paper and an outer sheet of aluminum foil.
If you think you won’t consume it soon:
– remove the chocolate salami from the freezer;
– slice it;
– place the slices wrapped in an aluminum foil back in the freezer;
so you can easily take a single slice.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What can I substitute for wholemeal dry biscuits?
– with wholemeal rusks;
– with wholemeal wasa crisps.About Chocolate
Some products labeled as “dark” have sugar as the first ingredient and very low cocoa content [for example minimum cocoa 51%].
Extra dark chocolate [cocoa powder > 85%] has a glycemic index of 20 and is most suitable for hyperglycemia, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes.
Besides the glycemic index, it’s important to consider the glycemic load: glycemic index and load explained simply.
– Chocolate and glycemic index, which to choose | labels and mistakes to avoid.Why without butter and eggs?
– without butter for hyperglycemia concerns;
– without milk and eggs for personal taste.Can sunflower seed oil be substituted with extra virgin olive oil?
Extra virgin olive oil has a strong aromatic profile that can alter the flavor of the dessert.
Tips for cleaning tools
You’ll find it helpful to know that to easily clean a saucepan and bowl dirty with melted chocolate, just boil a little water in the saucepan and then use the same water to rinse the bowl.
With hot water, chocolate melts and comes off easily.
