Finocchiona Uncured Salami

"If you’re looking to up your charcuterie game as you head into head into the holiday season, look no further than Trader Joe’s Finocchiona Uncured Salami. Our Chicago-based salumist starts with heritage-breed, crate-free pork (which means the animals were not restrained in gestation or farrowing crates), raised without the use of added hormones or antibiotics. They combine this flavorful, high-quality pork with Lambrusco red wine, Sicilian sea salt, piquant black pepper, and toasted, ground fennel seeds to create the fragrant Finocchiona profile, commonly found in salumerias throughout the Italian region of Tuscany. What’s more, this Salami is Uncured, containing no added nitrates or nitrites, except what’s naturally present in celery and sea salt. Benissimo! To serve this Finocchiona Uncured Salami, slit the inedible casing with a knife along the base, then lengthwise, and peel the casing to expose only the portion you’d like to eat. For the ultimate Tuscan countryside experience, we recommend slicing it on the bias and presenting it on a board with thinly sliced TJ’s Pecorino Romano and fresh Fennel, and a glass of fruit-forward red wine, like Ruggero Di Bardo Susumaniello."