’Nduja di Spilinga
Nduja di Spilinga is the spicy, spreadable salume associated with the Mount Poro area of Calabria.
- Place reference
- Spilinga, Calabria
- Texture
- Spreadable
- Character
- Spicy
A producer’s example
The Spilinga-based San Donato producer describes its own ’nduja as made with pork, salt and dried Calabrian red chile; it also names natural smoking and slow maturation among its methods. This is that producer’s account, not a universal formula for every ’nduja. Check the ingredients and product name on the version you buy.
At the table
Calabria’s tourism description puts nduja on fresh bread and bruschetta, and also in first courses and soups. Its spreadable form makes those different uses easy to understand.
Our suggestion: begin with a little and adjust the amount to the actual product. The place name does not by itself establish a granted protected designation.
