Salame Milano

San Francisco-based Molinari has been making Italian salami and sausages for decades. Its one of the most respected Italian-Style salami producers in the country.

Our mission at A.G. Ferrari Foods for more than 80 years has been to share our passion for food and wine in the tradition of our Italian-born founder, Annibale Giovanni Ferrari, and his family. Three generations later and over 80 years, we still hold strong to the same mission, La Qualità Non Ha Tempo or Quality Is Timeless.

Our products, which range from artisan olive oils and balsamic vinegars, to rustic pastas and sauces, are carefully selected to represent the quality and diversity of Italy's 20 regions. As the representative of the third generation of Ferraris to guide the family business, Paul Ferrari is committed to maintaining the same standards of excellence that have been our hallmark since 1919.

This salami is one of those that most resemble the real one, but it is still quite far. It's perfume is not strong enough. The flavor is good, but a bit on the mellows side (difficult to explain, there no need for extra pepper, it's "hot" which is missing, it is "flavor of salami"). The slice crumbles too easily in your mouth (even the thick 1/4" slices). It is a bit too white. Leaves very little after-taste, if we exclude the occasional "hot" when I coarser bit of pepper is chewed.

All in all, I think this is a good salami; still I think I should start lobby to lobby congress to change the law to allow importing Negronetto :)

The watered-down salami slices one finds vacuum packed in super markets should curl up in shame when compared with Molinari's.

Unlike some salamis with peppers it is not too hot but just warm enough to make you smile. Italian bread, some mozarella, this salami, and a glass of Chianti - heaven!