Chocolate Salami Desserts - My Gorgeous Recipes (2024)

Chocolate Salami or the Romanian Biscuit Salami (Salam de Biscuiti), a delicious no bake-dessert that is ready in about 20 minutes. Loaded with broken biscuits (crackers), Turkish delight, raisins, almonds and cocoa powder, this is the perfect indulgent dessert for any party or celebration.

A popular Eastern-European Dessert

This Chocolate Salami, or Biscuit Salami, as we actually call it, it's a very pretty popular dessert across Europe, especially in countries like Romania, Italy, Portugal and many others.

Each country has its own version of the chocolate salami, but in Romania we keep it pretty simple: no eggs, no condensed milk, no actual chocolate, just cocoa powder. But we are pretty easy with what can go in: any kind of nuts, dried fruit, and, of course, plain biscuits.

It is the kind of dessert that once you have a bite, you cannot stop eating it. No wonder this is so popular, anyone can make it from really cheap ingredients, no bake, no fuss. But what you do get is a whole range of flavours and textures.

Why salami? Because of its shape of a salami, but no, it has no meat in it whatsoever. Swap milk for water and butter for margarine, and you get a delightful vegan dessert. So simple! It's close in texture to the American Rocky Road, which is probably a more popular dessert.

Making it is great fun, especially for kids, those little hands would love getting all messy. And you do get mess! But, if you make it for Christmas or any other special occasion, the mess is the least important.

Ingredients used

• rich tea biscuits /crackers - or any other plain biscuits
• flaked almonds - or any other nuts
• Turkish delight - any flavour
• milk - I prefer full-fat milk as it adds more richness
• butter - unsalted
• sugar - caster or granulated
• vanilla extract - or rum
• cocoa powder
• a handful of raisins

Step-by-step photos and instructions

It's a super simple process, however we need to ensure we have the right amount of dry and wet ingredients, otherwise the salami won't bind properly.

• break the biscuits/crackers into small pieces
• cut the Turkish delight into smallish pieces and add the flaked almonds and raisins
• in a pan, add the milk, butter, vanilla extract, cocoa powder and sugar and simmer on a low heat until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved
• mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients
• divide the mixture into two equal parts
• on a foil, add the first part for biscuit mixture, and shape it into a salami
• cover with the foil and repeat with the second salami
• refrigerate for a few hours to overnight

The best biscuits you can get, if you are in the UK, are the rich tea biscuits, although the digestive biscuits are good too.

Otherwise, you can use any plain crackers, but the crunchy type, not quite soft. The easiest way to go about it is to break them with your hands, it can be a bit time consuming to do it though.

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Expert tips

I would NOT recommend a blender or chopper, as we need bigger pieces, and not the blended texture. Plus, they will also keep their shape when soaked with the milk mixture.

The Turkish delight can be of any flavour, from chocolate to roses, or any fruity flavour. They do stick to the knife when you cut them into pieces, that's the bit boring bit.

To shape it into a salami or a large sausage, place half of the mixture onto a plastic or kitchen foil, use your hands to give it a shape, then roll it into the foil as tightly as you can. Refrigerate it for at least one hour before slicing it, it will be a lot easier and less messy.

And that's pretty much it, a rich, overly indulgent dessert that will impress your guests this festive season. For the best Christmas experience, why not have it with a nice cup ofHot Chocolate with Marshmallows and Cream?

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