The Italian variety (Salame Di Cioccolato) at Olympic Provisions, served alongside olive oil-pepper shortbread cookies and a marmalade of grapefruit, lime, lemon, and orange.
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The Italian variety (Salame Di Cioccolato) at Olympic Provisions, served alongside olive oil-pepper shortbread cookies and a marmalade of grapefruit, lime, lemon, and orange.
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Pastry Chef Amelia Lane works away beneath a glowing “MEAT” sign, assembling the essentials for this rustic Italian dessert.
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Pastry Chef Amelia Lane works away beneath a glowing “MEAT” sign, assembling the essentials for this rustic Italian dessert.
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Salame Di Cioccolato is loaded with almond anise biscotti crumbs, hazelnuts, candied orange peel, and 75% dark chocolate.
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Salame Di Cioccolato is loaded with almond anise biscotti crumbs, hazelnuts, candied orange peel, and 75% dark chocolate.
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Lane whips the chocolate base with egg yolks, dark coffee and grappa before refrigerating the mix overnight.
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Lane whips the chocolate base with egg yolks, dark coffee and grappa before refrigerating the mix overnight.
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Once solidified, Lane forms the chocolate into logs and rolls them through a layer of powdered sugar.
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Once solidified, Lane forms the chocolate into logs and rolls them through a layer of powdered sugar.
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Olympic Provisions is known for its universal meat-craft, taking classic charcuterie formulas from across Europe and stuffing them with Oregon meats, fresh spices, and real pork casings. While searching for a charcuterie-appropriate dessert for the restaurant, Pastry Chef Amelia Lane stumbled across an old Italian formula for chocolate salami. “In Tuscany,” she explains, “this is something you might find at your grandmother’s house, not a fine dining restaurant.”
Don’t let the name fool you—this is not a daring fusion of meat and chocolate rolled into one. The white casing on this rustic European treat is powdered sugar, not mold. Instead of meat, the interior is filled with nuts, fruit and dark chocolate, and served alongside olive oil and pepper shortbread cookies with a citrus marmalade.
