Even with the abundance of Italian food in Jersey, gems still fly under the radar. Among them is ’nduja, a spreadable, spicy, utterly seductive Calabrian pork salumi. Lucky for North Jersey, or anyone hungry enough to travel, ’nduja is a specialty at Rosario’s Butcher Shop in Montclair.

“It’s pronounced ‘en-DOO-ya,’” Michele Barbalace patiently instructs. I ask her from the get-go so I don’t spend the entire interview getting it wrong. That would be extra embarrassing, considering her husband, theRosario, was born and raised in Calabria. To the extent any spiced meat product can, ’nduja courses through his blood.