This round of tubed meat comes from Trader Joe’s again – this time a Chianti salami.
This “wet” salami has a lightly sweet flavor due to the wine infusion, but comes heavy with garlic and fattiness.
This stuff melts in your mouth when sliced thin and peeled off the outer skin casing. I am actually considering frying some up with broccolini, asparagus or brussels sprouts. It would even make a nice gourmet pizza topping as well. But it is a solid standalone snack cold from the fridge as well.
I just posted another salami review where I noted that Trader Joe’s always hits the mark, it seems, in providing high quality for low cost. This Columbus brand “Salame Secchi” is no exception:
This was mild and lean, hard and dry.
It sliced easy and had a great, slightly sweet flavor to it.
I initially went to Trader Joe’s to try their truffle salami, but they were all out. I picked this up, along with the Volpi sopressata, just because I was craving hard meat (commence jokes).
I was definitely happy with the purchase. This style ran me $8 for 9oz. That’s not bad at all.
Once again Trader Joe’s offers up a high quality product for low cost. This Volpi brand log of Italian style sopressata cost me only $5 for 8oz, and I was thoroughly pleased:
It had a peppery flavor, not too lean and not too fatty.
It was a wet style salami, as opposed to dry and super hard. This was a bit softer, easier to slice than other hard, cured meats:
I highly recommend, plus it hails from St. Louis, a known meat town.
