Chocolate salami facts for kids
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| Alternative names | Salame al cioccolato; Salame de chocolate |
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| Place of origin | Italy and Portugal |
| Main ingredients | Cocoa, broken cookies, butter, eggs. |
Chocolate salami is a yummy dessert that looks a bit like a sausage, but don't worry, it's all chocolate! This sweet treat comes from Italy and Portugal. It's made from cocoa powder, crushed biscuits (cookies), butter, and eggs.
Even though it's called "salami," there's no meat in it at all. The name comes from how it looks. Just like a real salami, chocolate salami is shaped into a long log. When you slice it, you see brown chocolate mixed with bright pieces of cookie. These cookie bits look a lot like the white specks of fat you might see in a meat salami.
In Portugal, people often use Marie biscuits to make it. Some recipes also add chopped nuts, like almonds or hazelnuts. Sometimes, these treats are even shaped like small truffles.
Chocolate Salami Around the World
This delicious dessert is popular in many countries, and each place often has its own special name for it.
Names in Different Countries
- In Greece, it's known as mosaiko or kormos.
- In Turkey, people call it mozaik pasta, which means "Mosaic Cake."
- In Romania, it's called salam de biscuiți, meaning "biscuit salami." This version might have become popular in the 1970s or 1980s.
- In Jordan, it's known as lazy cake. It's usually made with Marie brand biscuits.
- In Uruguay, they call it salchichón de chocolate, which translates to "chocolate sausage."
- In Portugal, it's simply salame de chocolate, or "chocolate salami."
- In Italy, it's also salame al cioccolato. In Sicily, it's sometimes called salami turcu (Turkish salami).
- In Lithuania, a similar dessert is called tinginys, meaning "lazy." It's made with cocoa, broken biscuits, condensed milk, and butter.
- In Poland, a similar treat is called blok czekoladowy, or "chocolate block."
- In Hungary, it has many names like “Keksz rolád” (Biscuit Roll) or “Keksz tekercs” (Rolled Biscuit).
Images for kids
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Brazilian "palha italiana"
See also
In Spanish: Salame de chocolate para niños
