Vic Sausage
Salami VIC is one of the most popular salami in Catalonia. This salami is made with pork, of which the leanest parts are used, diced bacon is added to previously ground meat to ensure a better texture and a soft and delicate flavor, it is stuffed into natural casings and dried for about 45 days. It is worth to note that only salt and black pepper is added to Salami VIC as the only spices. Salami VIC has a weight of about 1.65 pounds and has an elongated shape of between 60 and 70 centimeters.
Salami VIC is an excellent choice in our kitchen. It is native to the region of Pana de Vic where there are 28 small villages, an area that lies between the Pyrenees and the coastal depression between 400 and 600 meters high.
Although this sausage was born in Catalonia, there is in the USA a company that is proud to produce sausages, salamis and Spanish meat products of high quality, following the traditional recipes from the locals who created them in the first place. La Española (which is the name of the company) is responsible for the making of these wonders of Spanish cuisine, and for retail and wholesale as well.
La Española not only prepares Salami VIC with extreme quality, it uses the same quality ingredients and recipes used by the top producers in Spain.
Llonganissa is considered the Rolls Royce of Catalonian cured sausages, the pigs used for its production are generally of Landrace, Duroc and Large white breeds, which are castrated prior to their growth stage to get higher fat content. Salami VIC is made with minced pork (hams, shoulders, lean of first quality) to which diced bacon, salt and pepper is added. After mixing these ingredients, the mass is macerated and kneaded into natural casings, after which it is put to cure for not less than 45 days, making this llonganissa a delight to taste.