Traditional Italian Tuscan Fennel Salami Story of the Dish Finocchiona is one of Tuscany’s most recognizable cured meats, a salume whose identity comes from the unmistakable aroma of fennel. Its history is closely associated with Florence and the surrounding Tuscan countryside, where pork butchery has been an essential part of rural food culture for centuries. According to Tuscan tradition, fennel seeds became an important seasoning partly because black pepper was historicall