We didn’t want to miss a post this week, but we also haven’t really settled into our tiny hotel kitchen yet. (That's a longer story - see our blog http://duespaghetti.com/2011/10/21/salame-di-cioccolato/ for more on that.) Over the past few weeks we’ve fun across a few holiday cookie contests in newspapers and on websites, we decided that we’d get an early start on one of our favorite Christmas treats, salame di cioccolato, or Chocolate Salame.
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<br />Made to resemble a real salame, this rum-infused chocolate log is an easy but delicious no-bake winter treat. Our kids love it, and adults ask for the recipe every time we serve it.
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<br />Going shopping this morning for the ingredients, clearing counter space in our mini-kitchen to work, and most importantly experiencing the satisfaction of making something tasty from scratch was a good first step in putting the fire behind us and returning to the regular rhythm of out lives.
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<br />The key ingredient to salame di cioccolato are biscotti secchi, which are a light, dry biscuit or cookie with no filling of frosting and a low fat content. In Italia, we use biscotti made by Oro Saiwa. In the U.S. we have found a Mexican biscuit called Marias by Gamesa which is a good substitute. Otherwise, use any simple, light biscuit or cookie.

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