Black Kassel Old Forest Dry Aged Salami 2.7 lb

Old Forest is the dark one — a dry-aged pork salami in a near-black casing, cold-smoked over hardwood and aged slowly. Deeper and smokier than the D'Amour, with a fine even grain. The colour is the smoke and the cure, not a dye; Piller's use no artificial colours.

• Whole stick, weighed at the counter
• Dry aged and naturally cold-smoked over hardwood
• No artificial colours or flavours
• Product of Canada

Eating it

Thin slices on a board with the pale salamis beside it — the contrast is half the point. Strong enough to carry rye bread and mustard on its own.

Allergens

Piller's declare this free of all major food allergens — no milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans or sesame. That is their statement as printed on the label. If you are buying for a severe allergy, ring the shop on (707) 527-0319 and we will read the current pack to you.

Ingredients

Pork, salt, dehydrated pork stock, corn syrup solids, sugar, dextrose, spices and spice extracts, sodium ascorbate, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, natural smoke.

Keeping it

The label says keep refrigerated, and the fridge is where it belongs once you get it home — but it is a dry-aged salami in a sealed casing and it travels perfectly well. Once cut, wrap the face and refrigerate.

Made by Piller's Fine Foods, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.