Pasta: short tube-shaped pasta like rigatoni or penne work best with Nduja sauce because they help to catch the spicy, oily sauce. This nduja bruschetta recipe with goat’s cheese and sweet red capsicum is super easy, so just a few tips. Before you can do anything, you’ll need some of that spicy spreadable Calabrian pork paste. If you don’t have a good specialist Italian deli nearby, it’s fortunately easy to buy ’nduja online. Nduja is as an extremely versatile product. It can be consumed and tasted in many different ways and even the great chefs now use it to prepare incredible delicacies. However, let us get to the point. Which are the best ways to eat and appreciate this spicy, delightful and unique Calabrian salami? Now it seems Calabria’s fiery pork paste is popping up everywhere. We were even able to get our hands on some fantastic ’nduja here in Cambodia recently. We thought that was as good an excuse as any to tell you all about the Calabrese sausage paste and start a series on our best ’nduja recipes. As we publish the recipes, we’ll add links below under ‘How to Use ’Nduja’. The origin of its odd name stems from the Latin inducere, meaning “to insert.” Etymologically it’s connected with two other salami insaccati: salam dla doja from Piedmont and Andouille from France.

Pre-flush the casing by blowing air into the casings and allow it to run through. This also facilitates getting the casing onto the filling horn and moving it smoothly during the filling process Stir in the Pecorino and basil, season to taste, and serve immediately, with extra grated Pecorino on top if you like. Tomatoes: because there are just a few ingredients in this dish, use a good quality canned tomato like San Marzano. Just crush them in a bowl, using your hands, before adding them to your sauce. Be careful not to splatter the juice of the tomatoes while doing this. Be it fridge or freezer make sure that it is tightly wrapped to prevent the air getting to it the best you can.

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The pig fat is mixed with spicy Calabrese peppers, which are locally grown and extremely spicy. The Nduja is then smoked and matured inside pig guts.

Its flavor is nutty, buttery and sweeter than Provolone, awesome melted with a sunny side up egg and sourdough bread. What is Nduja If you'd like to try nduja but you're afraid your pasta will be too hot, use just half of the quantity and add 200 ml (1 cup) passata (tomato sauce) with the pasta water. Calabrese salami: Calabrese salami is a spicy Italian salami that is similar in texture and flavor to nduja. While it doesn't have the same spreadable consistency, it can be chopped or sliced here.

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You’ll frequently read that ’nduja is pronounced ‘en-doo-ya’, just to make sure that you don’t make the mistake of pronouncing that ‘j’. But it’s worth noting that once again, depending on the Calabrian dialect being spoken, that ‘j’ might be very much pronounced.