Nduja Calabrese

I haven’t had this product yet but why does it have all of these extra non authentic ingredients in it and no semi dried Calabrian peperoncino? Why is there Capsicum paste? Chili aroma? Dextrose? Smoke powder (whatever TF that is)? Why not just make it like the people in Spilinga do? Why not cold smoke it as they do?

Why add capsicum paste when the people in Spilinga never add it? They just use a 70%/30% ratio of pork fat to lean pork minced finely, plenty of semi dried Calabrian peperoncino, salt then put into thick pork casing and cold smoked then cured. Why doesn’t anyone in Australia make this properly?

You can’t tell me there are no real Calabrian Italians in Australia who aren’t angry that no one seems to care about authentic recipes and ingredients. I’ve even seen “Nduja” made with red wine and potato starch FFS 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. Whatever happened to authenticity? With a name like “Papandrea’s” you‘d expect some authenticity, especially when Italians are so proud of their food made with simple authentic ingredients in a traditional way and fanatical about adhering to traditional ingredients and methods.

What’s next? Cream in Carbonara (only eggs, pecorino romano, guanciale, pepper, pasta water and a proper bronze die drawn Italian spaghetti are used)? Chicken and cream in Fettuccine Alfredo (a sauce of butter and Parmigiano Regianno emulsified in starchy pasta water tossed in a pan with fettucine is how it’s made, NO CHICKEN, BACON OR CREAM)? Using fake trash “cheese” called “parmesan” (which is not a DOP Italian cheese, it’s not Italian PERIOD) instead of Parmigiano Regianno, Grana Padano and Pecorino Romano?

Yeah, actually the same attitude that’s ruined Parmigiano Regianno and Pecorino Romano use in the West, vastly superior cheeses for not much more in price and easy to find anywhere, in favor of fake, cheap Western made trash called “Parmesan” (whatever that is, it doesn’t exist in Italy) is the same attitude at play here… making inauthentic products using cheap shortcuts and the wrong ingrediants because apparently Westerners are stupid, don’t care about real, authentic cooking and genuine, authentically produced ingredients according to traditional recipes and methods. WRONG ATTITUDE. Will never buy this product until Papandrea’s chooses to male an authentic product with the proper ingredients.

Fantastic quality product exactly what I was looking for to put on our pizzas for our pizzeria business
I’ll definitely buy again

very good

It's changed my life.I can't get enoughof it.It'sperfectly spicyand salty.

Excellent quality and great taste, wonderful with pur pasta and pizza’s.