Chocolate salami
- Very easy
- 35 min
This Italian chocolate dessert is a really good twist on the classic chocolate salami you might find on family tables throughout Italy. Salame ai due cioccolati—it's not just a name, it's an experience. It takes the rustic, nostalgic feel of traditional salame al cioccolato and makes it, honestly, way way more impressive. You get crushed biscuits and dark chocolate wrapped around a creamy, tender white chocolate core right in the middle. Looks pretty amazing, right? The outside is crunchy and loaded with deep cocoa flavor, while the center stays smooth and rich. So cool. Every bite is this awesome contrast.
In Italy, folks enjoy all sorts of chocolate salami, but this double chocolate twist is for when you want something super special. Plus, when you cut into the log, that white chocolate core just pops. I mean, it's almost too pretty to eat. But one bite—just one—and you'll get why people call it a feast for the palate. Really, it’s great for holidays, parties, or just because you want to treat yourself. This easy chocolate treat feels fancy but isn't complicated at all. And look, it's a no-bake chocolate recipe—perfect in hot weather when you crave a cool, creamy dessert that's still a little crispy around the edges.
Here's the thing: it offers all the comfort of a traditional Italian sweet, with that extra flair that gets everyone at the table talking. You know? Whether you call it a chocolate biscuit roll or a festive dessert, salame ai due cioccolati is the kind of treat that makes you want just one more slice every time. It's a perfect blend of tradition and creativity, really capturing the heart of Italian confectionery in each delicious bite. Really really good stuff.
To prepare the two-chocolate salami, start by preparing the white chocolate mixture, which you will use to create the heart of the salami. Coarsely break 100 g of dry biscuits (or Pavesini) with your hands and set them aside 1. Then melt the dark and white chocolate separately in the microwave or a bain-marie and set them aside (2-3).
Add the warmed condensed milk with the cream to the melted white chocolate 4, mix well, and let it cool at room temperature. If the mixture is too thick, add a couple of tablespoons of hot cream. In another bowl, place the softened butter at room temperature and the sugar 5, use an electric mixer to whip it all together to get a creamy mixture 6.
Then add the egg yolk 7 and continue beating until the mixture is white and fluffy 8, add the white chocolate along with the now-cooled condensed milk 9, and continue mixing.
Once you have obtained a smooth and homogeneous mixture 10, add it to the crumbled biscuits 11 and mix everything well with a spoon 12. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it firm up in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Place the biscuit mixture between two sheets of parchment paper 13, and press it with a rolling pin to shape it into a square about 1 cm (0.39 inches) thick 14, and place it in the fridge to firm up and become compact. Then, using a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 9 small hearts, place them in a row on a sheet of parchment paper, one next to the other 15, wrap the parchment paper around the hearts, and tightly close the ends like a candy, and place to firm up in the freezer for half an hour.
Meanwhile, prepare the dark chocolate mixture that will be the wrapper for the heart, coarsely break 200 g of biscuits; in another bowl, place the butter, add the sugar 17, and beat for a few minutes until you get a soft mixture, then add the eggs 18.
Beat again to incorporate them, and when you have a white and fluffy mixture 19, add the previously melted and now warm dark chocolate 20 and work the mixture until you have a homogeneous consistency 21.
Add the chocolate mixture to the broken biscuits 22, mix it all 23, cover with plastic wrap, and let it firm up in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. Then place the dough on a sheet of parchment paper, shaping it into a rectangle 34 large enough to entirely cover the white part.
which you will place in the center of the dark chocolate mixture 25. Cover with some chocolate mixture and compact it around the heart, giving it a sausage shape. Wrap the salami first tightly in parchment paper, forming it as if wrapping a candy 26, and then in aluminum foil 27 to keep it pressed; let it firm up in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
After this time, remove the two-chocolate salami from the aluminum foil and parchment paper (28-29), place it on a serving platter, and slice it 30, revealing the delicious white chocolate heart in every portion!