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Description
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Pepperoni is a slice of a highly spiced pork and beef sausage. Although at times it is also made of goat, turkey, or fish. This popular sausage is medium-chopped and seasoned with black and red pepper and fine spices, giving it a hot sensation with a sweet aftertaste. It is often regarded as the American counterpart to Spanish-style chorizo, which is usually similar in color and flavor.
Sodium nitrite, used as a curing agent, is what gives pepperoni the pink part of its distinct orange- pink color, while paprika or other capsicum provides the orange part. Most of the red color in commercial pepperoni is from paprika. There are many different varieties of pepperoni, some decidedly hotter than others, but most if not all rely on a beef and pork combination. All are quite pungent.
Pepperoni comes in different sizes, the most common being about an inch in diameter. Some commercial packers put up what they call "pizza pepperoni" which is about twice the diameter of regular pepperoni and is not as dry. This type is better able to withstand the high temperature of a baking pizza without becoming a crispy critter.
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