Charcuterie at Antica Salumeria: Il Cacciatore, São Paulo
Antica Salumeria, at R. Pamplona, 1783, in São Paulo, makes its own charcuterie under the Il Cacciatore label, in the hands of master charcutier Ricardo Costa. The range includes pastrami, coppa, pancetta, cooked ham, smoked pork loin, guanciale and more. Try it in a sandwich, buy it sliced in the shop, or take it home on a board.
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What is a salumeria?
A salumeria is the Italian word for a shop that sells salumi, or cured meats, and usually cheese too, according to the Treccani dictionary. Antica Salumeria in São Paulo works along those lines: you’ll find charcuterie and cheese in the shop, and sandwiches made with them in the dining room.
What is charcuterie?
Charcuterie is the craft of preparing cured meat products, mostly from pork, such as ham, bacon and sausages, according to Wikipedia. The word comes from French.
At Antica Salumeria, Priscila Figueiredo Baena describes the work like this: “Our charcuterie doesn’t begin when we assemble a sandwich. It begins long before, with choosing the ingredients, knowing the processes, respecting time, and taking care to turn raw materials into products full of personality.”
What is Il Cacciatore?
Il Cacciatore is Antica Salumeria’s own charcuterie label, made by master charcutier Ricardo Costa. The house says on Instagram that its charcuterie has been its own and handmade since 2019, and the label has its own profile, @il_cacciatore_salumeria.
Ricardo cures the pancetta and smokes it over fruitwood. He cures the smoked coppa and smokes it over fruitwood too. The pork loins start with extra-lean smoked loin, finished with thyme and rosemary, calabrese chili, lemon or Bahia navel orange. You can buy the smoked pancetta in the shop on R. Pamplona and, according to the house, at some pizzerias.
What does Antica Salumeria make?
Antica Salumeria lists 20 products it makes itself:
- Pastrami
- Coppa, smoked coppa and aged coppa (copa maturada)
- Pancetta
- Guanciale
- Cooked ham, cooked ham with truffle and truffled ham
- Traditional smoked pork loin (lombo defumado)
- Pork loin with Bahia navel orange, lemon, thyme and rosemary, or chili
- Pork loin with lemon pepper and honey, or orange pepper and honey
- Salmon gravlax
- Sardella and alichella
- Pesto sauce
Can I taste before I choose, and take some home?
Yes, one customer’s account on Instagram says you can taste Antica Salumeria’s cured meats before you choose your sandwich. To take some home, ask the shop to slice it for you or buy it packed in modified atmosphere. The house says this packaging, done at its small factory, helps keep the products’ quality and freshness for longer.
Which sandwiches use the house charcuterie?
Antica Salumeria’s charcuterie goes into the Pastrami King, the Prosciutto Cotto King, the pastrami, smoked pancetta and pork loin schiacciatas, the Copa ao Mel panuozzo and other items on the menu. Priscila explains how the house builds its recipes: “That’s how we think about each sandwich: starting from the charcuterie, and not the other way around.”
Charcuterie
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Pastrami
Il Cacciatore pastrami, the filling of the Pastrami King, the Reuben, and some of the schiacciatas and panuozzos.
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Coppa
Il Cacciatore artisan coppa, used in the Copa ao Mel schiacciata and panuozzo.
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Pancetta
Pancetta cured and smoked over fruitwood. iFood also lists the spicy Pancetta Carlos Apimentada in a 100 g pack.
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Cooked ham (prosciutto cotto)
The 150 g filling of the Prosciutto Cotto King and the Cooked Ham Schiacciata.
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Cooked ham with truffle
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Truffled ham
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Traditional smoked pork loin
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Pork loin with Bahia navel orange
Extra-lean smoked pork loin finished with the juice and zest of Bahia navel orange.
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Pork loin with lemon
Extra-lean smoked pork loin finished with lemon juice and zest.
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Pork loin with thyme and rosemary
Extra-lean smoked pork loin finished with thyme and rosemary.
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Pork loin with chili
Extra-lean smoked pork loin finished with calabrese chili flakes.
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Pork loin with lemon pepper and honey
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Pork loin with orange pepper and honey
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Smoked coppa
Cured pork coppa smoked over fruitwood.
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Aged coppa
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Guanciale
Artisan guanciale, sold in the shop, for carbonara, amatriciana and other Italian recipes.
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Salmon gravlax
Cured and cold-smoked salmon.
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Sardella
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Alichella
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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Pesto sauce
Made by Antica Salumeria.
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