How to Make A Salami Rose For a Charcuterie Board (2024)

Have you ever wondered how to make a Salami Rose for your charcuterie board? Learn how to make salami roses, pepperoni roses, mini rosebuds, and salami roses in a cup. These perfect meat roses will help you create a unique charcuterie board that will impress and dazzle your guests!

Recently I attended a cheese board/charcuterie designing class put on by Pours and Boards Montana at Unleashed Winery in Whitefish, Montana. My friends and I also learned how to make various meat flowers including large roses made with salami. Since I couldn't bring you all along, I thought I'd share what I learned in this post and video.

Although the instructions below are for making salami roses, the video also contains a few other types of roses that you can make using sliced salami and pepperoni.

🌹Why Make Salami Roses?

• Salami roses are easy to prepare, delicious, and provide a unique way to add cold cuts to your cheeseboards. They will elevate your snack board or grazing board.
• Once you learn how to make the salami roses, the same process can be used to make smaller roses with pepperoni.
• When making the roses, you'll want to press and hold the salami slices over the glass so that they can take on the shape of the glass.

🛒 What You Need To Make Salami Roses

🔖 Ingredients List

All you need to make a gorgeous charcuterie board is a few different gourmet cheeses, crackers, and fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, grapes, and kiwis). Add some veggies, nuts, jam, and olives, and you've got yourself a masterpiece!

• Salami: Depending on the size of your wine glass, you will need 20 to 30 slices of thin-cut salami.
• Glass: I used a goblet that was 3" in circumference, which required four slices to cover the entire rim of the glass, 24 salami slices in total. A champagne flute is another great option. If you use a smaller or larger glass you will have to adjust the amount of salami needed to make a beautiful rose.
• Pepperoni: Pepperoni is an optional ingredient but can be used to make mini rosebuds.
• Herbs: If you decide to make pepperoni roses, you'll need herb leaves (mint, basil, or sage) to imitate rose leaves. You can also use leaves from a rose plant. Although they are edible, they're not particularly tasty.

💐How to Make Salami Roses

Step 1: For the first layer, fold one salami slice in half and place it on the rim of a wine glass. Make sure half of the salami is inside the glass and the other half is outside the glass. Add another salami slice and overlap the first slice by ¼" to ½." Repeat the steps with 2 more slices which should cover the entire rim.

Step 2: For layers 3 through 6, place the salami layers so that more of the salami is inside the glass than outside. When looking at it from the outside of the glass, the 3rd-row slices should be approximately ⅛th" higher than the first 2 rows. Each of the remaining rows will be higher than the one under it.

Step 3: For layers 3 through 6, place the salami so that more of it is inside the glass than outside. When looking at it from the outside of the glass, the 3rd-row slices should be approximately ⅛th" higher than the first 2 rows. Each of the remaining rows will be higher than the one under it.

Step 4: As you continue to add rows you will be left with a small hole in the center or none at all. At this point, cover the glass with a saucer and turn the glass over. Push down on the salami flower while twisting the glass slightly to help set the rose.

Now lift the glass up to reveal your salami rose!

Watch the video to learn how to prepare a salami rose, a salami rose in a cup, and a mini rosebud.

🤷🏻‍♀️ FAQs

💡Pro Tips

• Use a see-through glass so you can keep an eye on the placement of the salami slices.
• The size of the glass will determine the size of the rose. Larger glasses will result in larger roses.
• When making the roses, you'll want to press and hold the salami slices over the glass so that they can take on the shape of the glass. Especially the first few layers.
• To add interest to your charcuterie board, consider making a few different roses. Watch the recipes video to learn how to make the other types of roses.
• When making a charcuterie board for your friends or guests, always wear rubber gloves.
• If you will be making the roses ahead of time, keep the rose on the glass and wrap it with saran wrap and refrigerate it. This will help the rose to hold its shape until you're ready to add it to your board.
• You can also try other cuts of meat to make your meat roses including ham and turkey slices. If you need to, use a round biscuit cutter to cut the meat into round slices.

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