
n., pl., -nis.
- A highly spiced pork and beef sausage.
- A slice of this type of sausage.
[Italian peperoni, pl. of peperone, pimento, red pepper, from Latin piper. See pepper.]
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[Italian peperoni, pl. of peperone, pimento, red pepper, from Latin piper. See pepper.]
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[pehp-puh-ROH-nee] An Italian salami made of pork and beef highly seasoned with black and red pepper. This slender, firm, air-dried sausage is ready to eat, often sliced very thin and used as an appetizer. It can also be used to add flavor to many cooked dishes, as those who love pepperoni pizza will attest.
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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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| Energy | 1,940 kJ (460 kcal) |
| Carbohydrates | 4 g |
| Fat | 40.2 g |
| Protein | 20.35 g |
| Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database |
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Pepperoni is a spicy Italian-American variety of salami (a dry sausage) usually made from cured pork and beef,[1][2] but poultry may be added, if labeled correctly, for less expensive versions.[3] Pepperoni is characteristically soft, slightly smoky, and bright red in color. [4] It is a descendant of the spicy salamis of southern Italy, such as salsiccia Napoletana piccante, a spicy dry sausage from Naples or the soppressata from Calabria, but unlike these sausages it is smoked and has a finer grain. Sodium nitrite, used as a curing agent, is what gives pepperoni the pink part of its distinct orange-pink color,[1] while paprika or other capsicum provides the orange part. Thinly sliced pepperoni is a popular pizza topping in American-style pizzerias. Also, it is sometimes used to make sub sandwiches.
The term pepperoni is a corruption of peperoni, the plural of peperone, the Italian word for pepper (the fruit, not the spice). The first reference using pepperoni to refer to a sausage dates to 1919.[4] Throughout continental Europe, peperone is a common word for various types of capsicum, including bell peppers and a small, spicy and often pickled pepper known as peperoncino or peperone piccante in Italy and peperoncini or banana peppers in the U.S. Unlike in Europe, the English word pepperoni is used as a singular uncountable noun.
To order a very similar food in Italy, one would request salamino piccante to get a spicy sausage made only of pork and beef. Usually the Italian name for a pepperoni pizza is pizza alla diavola (pizza devil-style, very similar in appearance to the pepperoni pizza). Asking for a pizza with "salamino piccante calabro" or "spianata calabra" (hot salami typical of Calabria, generally made in large cylinders of meat, slightly flattened in the case "spianata") one could get a pizza covered with large slices of salami instead of the slices of hot sausage. The original salami from Calabria can be much spicier than American pepperoni or other types of Italian spicy sausages.
Halal or kosher pepperoni may be made from beef or poultry.
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Pepperoni |
Nederlands (Dutch)
gepeperde worst van runder- en varkensvlees
Français (French)
n. - pepperoni, saucisse au poivre
Deutsch (German)
n. - Wurst mit Pfeffer gewürzt
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πιπεράτο λουκάνικο για πίτσες και σάλτσες
Italiano (Italian)
salamino secco piccante
Português (Portuguese)
n. - lingüiça semelhante à calabresa (f)
Русский (Russian)
наперченная колбаса
Español (Spanish)
n. - salchicha italiana, dura y muy sazonada
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ital. korv
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
烤胡椒香肠
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 烤胡椒香腸
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) سجق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נקניק בשר בקר וחזיר עם פלפל
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