Meats and Sausages
Spanish Chorizo
Spanish Chorizo is a dry sausage made from cured pork and is air dried until ready for consumption. Pork is coarsely chopped and seasoned with pepper, paprika and garlic. Spanish smoked paprika (sweet, bittersweet or hot) known as Pimentón gives it its deep red color.
| Meats | Metric | US |
|---|---|---|
| lean pork, ham or butt (<20% fat) | 1000 g | 2.20 lb. |
Ingredients per 1000g (1 kg) of meat
| salt | 28 g | 5 tsp. |
| Cure #2 | 5.0 g | 1 tsp. |
| dextrose (glucose), 0.2% | 2.0 g | ⅓ tsp. |
| sugar, 0.2% | 2.0 g | ⅓ tsp. |
| pepper | 6.0 g | 3 tsp. |
| Spanish smoked paprika (pimentón) | 20 g | 10 tsp. |
| oregano | 2.0 g | 1 tsp. |
| garlic powder | 2.0 g | 1 tsp. |
| T-SPX culture | 0.12 g | use scale |
Instructions
- Grind pork through ⅛” plate (3 mm).
- Mix all ingredients with meat.
- Stuff firmly into 32-36 mm hog casings, form 6” long links.
- Ferment at 20º C (68º F) for 72 hours, 90-85% humidity.
- Dry for 2 months at 16-12º C (60-54º F), 85-80% humidity.
- Store sausages at 10-15º C (50-59º F), <75% humidity.
Notes
Garlic powder may be substituted with 7 g of chopped fresh garlic (2 cloves)
Spanish Chorizo Types:
- Chorizo Riojano - pork, salt, hot pimentón, sweet pimentón, garlic.
- Chorizo Castellano - pork, salt, hot pimentón, sweet pimentón, garlic, oregano.
- Chorizo Cantipalos - pork, salt, pimentón, garlic, oregano.
- Chorizo Navarro - pork, salt, sweet pimentón, garlic.
- Chorizo Salmantino - lean meat, salt, pimenón, garlic, oregano.
- Chorizo Andaluz - pork, salt, black pepper, pimentón, cloves, garlic, white dry wine.
- Chorizo Calendario - pork, beef, salt, pepper, garlic, oregano.
