With a spicy, savory flavor reminiscent of chorizo, nduja falls somewhere between a salami and a spread.
What Is Nduja?
Nduja is a spicy cured Italian sausage that is spiked with Calabrian chilies to give it a red sheen.
Its soft and spreadable, sort of like French pate.
Its also possible that if youve enjoyed nduja once, youre hooked.
Nduja originates from Calabria in southern Italy.
Because of the high-fat content and the chili peppers, nduja never becomes firm like typical salami.
How Do You Pronounce Nduja?
Five years ago, no one else knew how to pronounce it, either.
Linguistically, there is a link to the Frenchandouillesausage, even though nduja comes from Italy.
How Do You Use Nduja?
A charcuterie board is certainly not the only way to serve nduja.
In the morning, put nduja into asuper-stuffed omeletor abrunch frittata.
Most popularly, nduja has become an in-demand pizza topping, giving yourhomemade pizzaa fiery zing.
On the other hand, nduja will only keep for a couple of weeks if stored at room temperature.
Where and How Do I Buy Nduja?
But, its important to know how to tell the good stuff from the not-so-good.
Some retailers now just call it spicy spreadable salami.
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