Cured meats

Italian cooked ham. Tender slices of delicious ham cooked the Italian way giving it a distinctive sweet flavour.

Traditionally cooked ham flavoured with black truffle. A fragrant and delicious ham cooked in the traditional Italian way and delicately flavoured with black summer truffle.

Diforti’s Prosciutto Cotto Alle Erbe is a sweet, succulent ham, flavoured with mouth-watering Italian herbs and spices. Our Prosciutto Cotto is brined, cured and pressed, before being boiled to achieve its signature consistency. Flavoured with Italy’s favourite herbs – rosemary, sage, garlic and thyme – Diforti’s Prosciutto Cotto Alla Erbe is a delicious ham, full of flavour and depth. Enjoy our Prosciutto as a filling for your paninis and sandwiches or enjoy this authentic Italian food with some of our signature antipasti, such as our stuffed peppers.

Diforti’s Prosciutto Crudo – undoubtedly the king of cured meats. Initially salted and matured for two months, the meat is then hung out to dry for up to 12 months, which is where it gets its delicious saltiness and nutty sweetness. Our Prosciutto Crudo will be the star of all your antipasti platters and is a great accompaniment to our creamy Mozzarella. For an authentic Italian food classic, drape our Prosciutto over slices of succulent melon and enjoy on a hot summer’s day.

Thinly sliced roast turkey. Our Diforti thinly sliced Roast Turkey is perfect for sandwiches and salads.

Originating from Bologna, Mortadella is a large cylindrical meat, produced from heat-cured pork and flavoured with black pepper. Similar to a typical English luncheon meat, Mortadella has a delicate sweetness in flavour. The perfect starting point for any authentic Italian food platter, Mortadella is delicious when joined by creamy cheeses such as Ricotta or Mozzarella and is an excellent addition to sandwiches and paninis.

Diforti’s elegant Truffle Mortadella is a delicate and sweet cured pork meat. Originating from Bologna, Mortadella is a large cylindrical meat that is produced from heat-cured pork and flavoured with black pepper, before shavings of black truffle are incorporated. Similar to typical English luncheon meat, Mortadella has a delicate sweetness in flavour, which is complemented by the addition of elegant black truffle. The perfect starting point for any authentic Italian food platter, our Truffle Mortadella is delicious when joined by creamy cheeses such as Ricotta or Mozzarella and is an excellent addition to sandwiches and paninis.

Diforti’s trio of cured meats combines all of Italy’s favourites. Diforti’s Antipasto Misto selection brings together the best of cured meats: Prosciutto Crudo, Milano Salami and Coppa. The perfect starting point for any authentic Italian food platter, this trio of sliced meats is especially delicious when joined by a selection of vegetable antipasti or olives.

A smoked selection of Speck, Salame Napoli and Salame Ungarese. A delicious, combination of Speck – Italy’s famous mountain cured ham, and two salami. The Ungarese is made with finely chopped pork, while the Napoli is made with much more coarsely chopped pork. All are very delicately smoked.

A selection of truffle flavoured ham, pancetta and salame. A classic combination of Italian cooked ham, pancetta and salame, all made with truffle giving this antipasto its unmistakeable aroma and flavour.

Originating from Valtellina, a valley in the Alpine region of Italy’s Lombardy, Bresaola is made from lean and tender beef, which is salted and air-dried for two to three month, resulting in its signature dark red colour. The perfect starting point for any authentic Italian food platter, Bresaola is delicious when joined by a selection of vegetable antipasti or olives. Drizzle lemon juice or olive oil over this cured beef and finish it off with shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano and rocket for a true Italian delicacy.

Thinly sliced cured beef specially made to be used in a traditional Carpaccio, drizzled with lemon juice and olive oil and generously covered with shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano. it can also be used as part of an antipasti or even in your panini. Diforti’s thinly sliced beef carpaccio enjoyed as it comes as an appetiser paired with rocket, parmesan or caper berries.

Originating from Parma, Coppa is produced from one of the best cuts of pork: the loin of the neck muscle. The loin is salted and rubbed with a little garlic and pepper, before being hung to dry. Each slice is a perfect composition of sweet and salty flavours, coming from the fat and the meat. The perfect starting point for any authentic Italian food platter, Coppa is delicious when joined by a selection of vegetable antipasti or wrapped around pieces of Diforti’s Sicilian Pecorino Fantasy.

Diforti’s sliced Pastrami brings you the taste of a New York deli. The origins of Pastrami possibly originate in Romania, but today Pastrami is known as a staple of American and particularly new York cuisine. Our Pastrami is made from beef, which gets its unique flavour from a combination of brining, drying and seasoning, before being lightly smoked and steamed – a process that was originally invented to preserve meat. Enjoy our Pastrami the American way, with a side of Diforti’s mini gherkins.

Based on a traditional recipe of Alto Adige in the Italian Alps, our Speck is made from the finest quality pork. Seasoned with salt and spices, the meat is briefly smoked with beech and maple wood in a special oven before being left to cure. The perfect spicy addition to any authentic Italian food platter, our Alpine Speck is delicious when joined by a selection of vegetable antipasti, such as chargrilled artichokes.

Delicately smoked thin slices of pancetta. Diforti sliced smoked pancetta is thinly sliced and is very versatile. It is a great ingredient for many recipes and can be used in a Carbonara, used on pizza or wrapped around chicken breasts before baking.

Originating in Milan, this extremely popular salame is made with finely cut meat and has a mild, sweet and delicate flavour. Our Salame Milano is made from carefully selected pork cuts. Versatile in its uses, Diforti’s Salame Milano is the perfect tasty addition to any authentic Italian food platter and delicious when joined by vegetable antipasti and soft cheeses.

Delicately flavoured salame with black pepper. Made from prime cuts of meat, salame Napoli is a medium coarse cut salame seasoned with black peppercorns and spices, giving it a sweet and delicate flavour. It is one of the most widely eaten of all Italian salame.

Salame flavoured with fennel seeds. A medium cut salame made from prime meats, this salame is flavoured with fennel seeds to give it its distinctive aroma and flavour. A perfect addition to any antipasto platter.

Diforti’s sliced Truffle Salami is a sophisticated salame with truffle. Enriched with black truffles, this Salame is an authentic Italian speciality and an all-time crowd pleaser. It’s unique and luxurious flavour is ideally served with crostini and soft cheese.

Spicy salame with a characteristic flattened shape. Spianata is a flattened salame and it its shape which gives it its name. It is made from prime cuts of coarsely chopped meat and seasoned with pepper and chilli to give it a pleasantly spicy flavour.

The classic pizza topping. Pepperoni salame are thin and finely cut. They are ready to eat and can be used in many of your favourite recipes to add flavour.

Our Salame Ventricina is a coarse, ground salami from southern Italy, which is produced by using only the finest cuts of pork. Our Salame Ventricina has a strong and hot flavour that stands out through its excellent balance of spices. The perfect spicy addition to any authentic Italian food platter, Salame Ventricina is delicious when joined by a selection of vegetable antipasti or paired with soft cheeses.

Traditional Roast Beef Italian style. Diforti sliced Italian roast beef is full of flavour and ideal for sandwiches, in salads or as part of a cold cut platter.