Aree protette del Po Piemontese

Definition
Giora Salami is a salami with a fine-grained mixture, produced with meat coming from Piemontese breed cows that are no longer suitable for reproduction and fattened (giore, term after which the salami has been named). The meat is mixed with pork lard, salt, spices (white pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg), sugar, and Barolo wine. Giora Salami is eaten only raw, after a few months of maturation, and is only produced from December to March.

• Production Area: The plain in the south of Turin up to Cuneese area (from Carmagnola to Braidese).
  
  
• Legislative Protection: Giora Salami is classified among the "Traditional Agri-foodstuffs of Regione Piemonte", according to art. 8 of the Legislative Decree 30th April 1998, n. 173 and the Annex to the Decisions of the Regional Council 15th April 2002 n. 46-5823.