Definitions

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  • noun A type of spicy, spreadable salami from Calabria

Etymologies

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From Italian 'nduja, originally from French andouille

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Examples

  • Something similar happened with a pasta dish of paccheri (they're tubular, they're from Naples and, no, I'd never heard of them, either) with burrata, a posh type of Apulian mozzarella, and nduja, a Calabrian sausage.

    Restaurant: Tinello, London SW1 John Lanchester 2010

  • Mr. Gentile has also added a dish called spaghetti al nero di maiale, for which he tosses blood-blackened noodles with rapini, crumbled 'nduja sausage, garlic and burrata cheese.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed CHRIS NUTTALL-SMITH 2011

  • One of Terje's specialties is salumi such as the soft, smoky 'nduja, mortadella and finocchiona served at Barbacco.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • One of Terje's specialties is salumi such as the soft, smoky 'nduja, mortadella and finocchiona served at Barbacco.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • One of Terje's specialties is salumi such as the soft, smoky 'nduja, mortadella and finocchiona served at Barbacco.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • Terje's 'nduja, or spreadable salame ($5), is dense, deeper and mustier than the bright-red version salumi rock star

    SF Weekly | Complete Issue 2010

  • One of Terje's specialties is salumi such as the soft, smoky 'nduja, mortadella and finocchiona served at Barbacco.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • All that changed last month, with the introduction of locally made 'nduja from Chris Cosentino's

    Married ...with dinner 2009

  • I first read about 'nduja - a red-hot Italian meat paste that's pronounced "en-DOO-ya" - in

    Married ...with dinner 2009

  • We nearly always have some dried pasta and a frozen container of leftover beans in the freezer; if I just keep a package of 'nduja around, we'll never lack a quick, weeknight supper.

    Married ...with dinner 2009

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