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I came across a very intense and savory salami recently at a great pizzeria in Frankfurt (Germany). The pizza guys however are from Napoli and sell their amazing and traditional pizza since ages with a salami I have never seen somewhere else and which I could not identify up until now.

Does anyone have an idea, what type of salami is used here (see pictures below)? They call it salami but it doesn't have to be a salami in a narrow sense. It is very finely ground and looks rather like a typical sausage (like mortadella/lyoner etc.) when cooked and raw.

I would be very happy about any hint that helps to identify the name of this specific salami.

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Salami is a generic term referring to all sorts of salt cured or cooked sausage, from a variety of countries and cultures. My guess is that pictured is German fleischwirst or extrawurst (Austrian cousin). The Italian version is mortadella, but typically has white chunks of fat and pistachio nuts.

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  • Well put! In fact, the sausage looks so much like a German "Fleischwurst" or like a Turkish "Sucuk" but it is not the same. It assumes it is something for the Napoli area in Italy. – Daniel Jul 08 '21 at 17:57
  • @Daniel I would be happy to be proven wrong, but I don't think this is a salumi from Italy, or from Campagna specifically. Perhaps it is just "marketing" to call it Napoli de Luxe. – moscafj Jul 08 '21 at 18:14
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    @Daniel Virtually nothing about that pizza is “traditional Neapolitan”. (That’s not a bad thing; Naples doesn’t have exclusive license to decide what good pizza is like.) It’s likely that local sausage is being used. – Sneftel Jul 10 '21 at 08:22
  • But as a German, I can’t pinpoint a German sausage that would fit… – Stephie Jul 10 '21 at 11:46
  • @Sneftel: Yes, might be a local one. They have been operating their pizzaria for more than 50 years now and might have move away from traditional italian ingredients in the meantime. However, I don't have any idea what local sausage this might be. – Daniel Jul 15 '21 at 09:40
  • I'm afraid the local sausage is likely something like "Italian-style Pre-Cooked Salami Sausage, 30mm Diameter, 300mm Length" from their food supplier. That is, the exact details are specific to the source, and you won't be able to find the exact same thing in a market. – Sneftel Jul 15 '21 at 10:04
  • @Sneftel you are probably right... I already checked the local cash and carry store with the attributes you mentioned but did not find anything like this. Anyways, thanks for your support! – Daniel Jul 19 '21 at 12:59
  • Very often, the only thing 'Italian' in a pizza restaurant is the red-white-and-green colour scheme. – Michael Harvey Jul 25 '21 at 10:41