Salumeria Italiana.com has the same goals as our North End store – to offer the best products from Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean and to serve you in the best way possible. That might be making sure a customer gets a regular supply of good-quality, gluten-free pasta, changing our packing filler to be biodegradable, or finding new cheeses, meats and other wonderful foods for your table. Our biggest news right now is our new website. Check often to stay informed about our store, our products, our ever-expanding trove of recipes, and the wonderful world of Italian foods.
News & Updates
Finding The Best In Guanciale
No culture is as fussy (in a good way) about ingredients as the Italians. After all, the glorious dishes in Italian cuisine are usually quite simple, so the ingredients must be the best. Which brings us to guanciale, the incredibly luscious result from the humble pig jowl. Salumeria Italiana now carries La Quercia Guanciale, a product made in the Italian tradition in Iowa.La Quercia cured meats are favorites of Mario Battali of TV fame, Ken Oringer of Boston's Clio, Toro and Coppa, and the chefs at Davio's in Boston. Recently, we talked to La Quercia owner Herbert Eckhouse about his guanciale. "We start with good quality meat," he says, explaining that means no consignment animals, no antibiotics, all naturally raised pigs. "Only 1 percent of the pork in the country is raised" to these standards, he says. La Quercia Guanciale is very lightly spiced, only with a little rosemary and black pepper, so that the flavor and quality shines. Because La Quercia Guanciale is fully dry cured, it can be eaten without cooking. But we love it most in pasta dishes such as Spaghetti Carbonara or Bucatini or Rigatoni alla Amaratriciana.
Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri -- He's a fan
All the stars find their way into Salumeria Italiana. Yesterday it was Guy Fieri of Food Network's "Guy's Big Bite," who came in to browse the store.
