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Salame S. Angelo IGPSalame S. Angelo

Salame S. Angelo is a Sicilian PGI salami, made from fresh pork cut by knife tip or into 12 mm cubes, with sea salt, half-ground black pepper and potassium nitrate, and no more than 20 % fat. It is stuffed into natural pig casing and matured for at least 30 to 60 days, by size, in rooms aired from outside, where it gains a whitish dusting of mould. At the end its pH is 5.1–6.2.

Fully documentedMeat30 days

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceSalt, pepper and nitrate amounts are those of 70 sottocularino salami made by consortium producers for a doctoral study (D'Aquino 2009); the PGI specification names the ingredients without amounts.
Pork, cut by knife tip or into 12 mm cubes80 % meat, 20 % fat (fat at most 20 %)Never frozen; chilled at 0 to +4 °C for no more than six days after slaughter[eu-sangelo-2007][daquino2009]
Sea salt (sodium chloride)3 ± 0.2 % (2.8–3.2 %)[daquino2009]
Half-ground black pepper0.25 ± 0.04 g/kg[daquino2009]
Potassium nitrate (E252)0.2 g/kg[daquino2009]
Natural pig casingRectum (cularino), small and large colon (sottocularino), caecum (sacco) or the part next to the caecum (fellata)[daquino2009]

Total time across the recorded steps: 30 days

Start
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0–4 °C

What changes: The pork is cut into small pieces with the tip of a knife

Step 1 of 4
Chill and cut the meat
Time
Not documented
Temperature
0–4 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Moulds
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Salame S. Angelo is a Sicilian PGI salami, made from fresh pork cut by knife tip or into 12 mm cubes, with sea salt, half-ground black pepper and potassium nitrate, and no more than 20 % fat. It is stuffed into natural pig casing and matured for at least 30 to 60 days, by size, in rooms aired from outside, where it gains a whitish dusting of mould. At the end its pH is 5.1–6.2. Made in 4 steps over 30 days. The longest step, dry and mature in outside air, takes at least 30 days (D'Aquino S. 2009). Salt is 2.8–3.2 % (D'Aquino S. 2009).

Key numbers
Main stepat least 30 daysSet[daquino2009]Dry and mature in outside air
Temperature0–4 °CSet[eu-sangelo-2007]Chill and cut the meat
Salt2.8–3.2 %Reported[daquino2009]Season
AciditypH 5.1–6.2Set[eu-sangelo-2007][daquino2009]Dry and mature in outside air

What makes this one different

Salame S. Angelo uses only salt, pepper and nitrate, with no lard, and is matured in rooms aired with the valley's outside air. The type of casing sets its name, size and minimum maturing time.

Related ferments

Variants

  • CularinoRectum casing, 700–1500 g; at least 50 days.
  • SottocularinoSmall and large colon, 200–700 g; at least 30 days.
  • SaccoCaecum casing, 1000–3500 g; at least 60 days.
  • FellataThe part next to the caecum, 300–600 g; at least 30 days.

Safety

The specification sets the finished pH at 5.1–6.2 and water activity at 0.81–0.96, bans frozen meat and limits chilled storage of the meat to six days. These are figures for controlled production, not a home method. Washington State University Extension does not recommend making dry sausage at home, because S. aureus toxin can form if fermentation is not rigidly controlled.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

The PGI application cites sales invoices for Salame S. Angelo dating back to 10 January 1982. Italy granted the name transitional national PGI protection, published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale on 29 January 2004, and it was registered as an EU PGI in 2008 (Regulation (EC) No 944/2008).

Starter
The sources we found do not say how its fermentation begins.
Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [wsu-sausage] Washington State University Extension, Homemade Meat, Poultry, and Game Sausages (EB1661)gov
  2. [eu-sangelo-2007] European Commission 2007, Publication of an application, summary 'Salame S. Angelo' PGI, Official Journal C 289, 1.12.2007 (CELEX 52007XC1201(06)), read via the EU Publications Office cellarspec
  3. [daquino2009] D'Aquino S. 2009, Valorizzazione e salvaguardia dei prodotti tradizionali, caratteristiche fisiche, chimiche e aromatiche del Salame S. Angelo IGP per la caratterizzazione e certificazione di prodotto, PhD thesis, University of Sassari (reproduces the PGI specification)paper
  4. [eu-reg-944-2008] Commission Regulation (EC) No 944/2008 of 25 September 2008 entering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Salame S. Angelo (PGI) and others), Official Journal L 258, 26.9.2008spec