Do you know what is the best salami in Italy? It is Camillo Palmieri's spicy soppressata produced in the Casabona Santa Barbara cured meat factory in the province of Croton. The soppressata was chosen as the 'queen of Italian cured meats' by the juries made up of experts, journalists, nutritionists, university researchers, sector operators who tasted and evaluated the cured meats that reached the final 2022 Italian Salami Championship. The gastronomic festival, organized byAcademy 5 T, which was held in recent days in Sasso Marconi in Emilia Romagna.
The best salami in Italy
For the juries the characteristics of the sausages of the salumificio Calabrese di Casabona are those of “a good, natural and healthy product. Able to raise awareness of respect for the values of memory with regard to food; the salami, in fact, which has always had an educational role and an incentive to conviviality ".
The spicy soppressata is a product deeply rooted in its territory of origin, made with theuse of the noblest parts of the pig. The only ingredients that are added to the cut meat are the local hot pepper, fennel and salt, used for the preservation of the sausage.
Knowledge and flavors
“Extremely happy and joyful to bring Calabria to the top, for a positive report, of hope and rebirth. Delighted to have given a precious contribution to the hard-working Calabria to which this victory is dedicated ”. This is the comment by Camillo Palmieri, the owner as soon as he learned of the recognition obtained. For Christmas Carvello, Chairman of the Gal Croton, this victory represents “the revenge of our knowledge and flavors and our traditions. A victory of taste and of the precious Calabrian delicatessen that represents generations of passion and dedication and all the art and love towards the realization of these masterpieces ".
