WHY is it so fatty! Holy crap!
Quote from: Il Tubo on July 03, 2013, 10:27:21 PM
WHY is it so fatty! Holy crap!
The tesco finest range do a chorizo sausage that's really nice and I don't think it's 'too' fatty
But that's where all the flavor is ;D
Mmmmmmm Chorizo
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Seriously though, chorizo is amazing especially when in a stew like this:
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Well i wouldn't be to worried about the fat, as it would be pure animal fat. Its when its the chemically changed fat is when you need to worry. The human body has delt with fat for many a year.
The main worry is corn syrup , see how that pushes up your cholesterol , documentary on bbc well worth chasing down is called the "Men that made us fat"
here it is on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE-H__aIEFE
end of rant ***;-)****
chorizo should be adored
and it's super good to cure a hangover.
Better to eat it as a side dish (tapas style) when having a few pints, helps to avoid the hangover in the first place.
Shanna
Quote from: shiny on July 03, 2013, 11:20:42 PM
Seriously though, chorizo is amazing especially when in a stew like this:
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You got a recipe?
I have one with butter beans.. Really tasty
Chorizo and butter beans stew
Ingredients
250g chorizo chopped
3 cloves garlic finely chopoed
2 red onion finely chopped
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 tins chopped tomatoes
1 tin butter bean drained
Fry off chorizo on medium heat till chorizo colours and releases it's oil.. Throw in onion and garlic and paprika and reduce head to a low heat and fry until onions soften about ten min.. Throw in tins of tomatoes bring to boil then reduce to simmer.. Put a lid on and lev for 15 min.. Throw in butter beans and continue to simmer for 5 more min with lid off... Serve with crusty bread
Here's mine. It includes (noooo!!) some wine, but it gives it a really nice flavour.
Ingredients
200-250g chorizo, sliced
2 red onions, chopped
1 small courgette, finely chopped
3 sticks celery, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
300ml red wine
500g tomato passata
400g can butter beans, rinsed and drained
400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
4 tomatoes, quartered
2 tsp fennel seeds, coarsely ground
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
Heat a little olive oil in a large non-stick pot or casserole. Fry the chorizo until it has coloured slightly, then add the onion and fry until it is also coloured.
Fry the courgette, celery and garlic for 3 minutes then add 300ml of red wine. Reduce the red wine by half.
Now add the rest of the ingredients, apart from the parsley. Season with a little salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Bring to the boil then cover and simmer very gently for 20 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary. Before serving, stir through the fresh parsley. Serve with some crusty bread to mop up the sauce.
I got a nice bag of that Spanish paprika last year from one of the Spanish girls here, I use it to make a lot of gazpacho and I bring some in to her, she was very complimentary and despite me never having had the real thing I was able to reproduce it very well (according to her) from her basic recipe.
It really does make a difference having the right stuff.
Any decent sausage is at least 1/3 fat. I've tasted sausages which claim "80% lean". Not worth eating. The fact is undeniable, Good food needs fat and salt. If you want to reduce your fat and salt intake it's simple. Don't eat so much! I'd rather eat one good sausage than two crap ones!
Just like beer!
For a quick snack using Chorizo sausage get a sharp knife and cut thin slices then gently and lightly toss them into your mouth. :)
I like the sound of that bubbles.. I'll give it a try out next time
Quote from: christhebrewer on July 04, 2013, 11:47:03 AM
Any decent sausage is at least 1/3 fat. I've tasted sausages which claim "80% lean". Not worth eating. The fact is undeniable, Good food needs fat and salt. If you want to reduce your fat and salt intake it's simple. Don't eat so much! I'd rather eat one good sausage than two crap ones!
Just like beer!
This is true, whack a sausage into a George Foreman and you'll see just how rubbish they are without the fat.
Mmmmmmmmmm chorizo. I generally eat it as my healthy option, I find a small bit of chorizo sliced and quickly fried lobed into a salad makes it a lote easier to bare the greens stuff!
But there is a law that is often applied to bacon that could be expanded to include chorizo...
I love a bit of Chorizo in a tomato based pasta sauce, it is delicious stuff. Superquinn have nice chorizo in their deli, the soft stuff.
+1 on the chorizo in salads.
My favourite is a few slices of chorizo fried dry. When the oil runs throw in snippets of bacon.
For the girlie salad bit chop up a baby gem lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, fresh (not pickled) beetroot & cube feta cheese. Add the chorizo & bacon then stir it through & spalsh on some good balsamic vinegar & top with pine nuts or sesame seeds. Its an excellent warm-ish meaty man salad! :P
Nothing wrong with salads, I'm a huge fan myself and yet I am still attracted to women and was able to father two children, go figure ;)
My favorite chorizo (in this country) Is in Lidl. I take the wrapper off and hang it in the fridge for a couple of weeks to dry a bit more and it's actually very good. Great in a soup or just on it's own. We always have a Lidl salami in the fridge too.
I'd love to have a go at making some cured, dried sausage. Anyone tried it?
I normally get the M&S one, cos it's handy. Good flavour, but you have to watch the salt when you're cooking with it, as it tends to be quite salty to start with.
The Gubbeen one is superb, but it's smoked and has quite an acrid note to it - so you have to be careful about what you use it in.
Quote from: christhebrewer on July 04, 2013, 04:07:31 PM
My favorite chorizo (in this country) Is in Lidl. I take the wrapper off and hang it in the fridge for a couple of weeks to dry a bit more and it's actually very good. Great in a soup or just on it's own. We always have a Lidl salami in the fridge too.
I'd love to have a go at making some cured, dried sausage. Anyone tried it?
I like the lidl one, but it's a different style, I prefer soft chorizos personally.
This may seem wrong, but cut medium slices and throw them into the microwave until they become crispy.
It doesn't take long and is awesome.
"This is true, whack a sausage into a George Foreman and you'll see just how rubbish they are without the fat."
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You have a George Foreman? And are willing to admit it??
Last nights boiled new potatoes, fried in a hot pan with Chorizo for lunch yum.
Ah here, I don't own the grill myself. I have been living with girls the past 5 years so there's always been a George in the house. Think I've used it twice. :P
Quote from: irish_goat on July 06, 2013, 10:24:57 AM
I have been living with girls the past 5 years
So whats the rules regarding the toilet,seat up or down. :)
Quote from: DEMPSEY on July 06, 2013, 12:48:00 PM
Quote from: irish_goat on July 06, 2013, 10:24:57 AM
I have been living with girls the past 5 years
So whats the rules regarding the toilet,seat up or down. :)
My ma already beat that rule into me. :P
Iago cooking chorizo in the english market :P (salivating)
The girlfriend arrived home last night from Madrid with a load of Chorizo and turrón. I might bring some to the next capital brewers meet if there is any left. :D
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Quote from: shiny on July 08, 2013, 11:06:13 AM
The girlfriend arrived home last night from Madrid with a load of Chorizo and turrón. I might bring some to the next capital brewers meet if there is any left. :D
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The girlfriend comes back from a few days abroad and you get the sausage?
^ ;)
Funny how your mind thinks Eoin,was thinking much the same. :)
Quote from: DEMPSEY on July 08, 2013, 01:01:17 PM
Funny how your mind thinks Eoin,was thinking much the same. :)
I knew you'd be around this one like a fly around a dogpile ;)
Quote from: lordstilton on July 04, 2013, 09:43:30 AM
I have one with butter beans.. Really tasty
Chorizo and butter beans stew
Ingredients
250g chorizo chopped
3 cloves garlic finely chopoed
2 red onion finely chopped
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 tins chopped tomatoes
1 tin butter bean drained
Fry off chorizo on medium heat till chorizo colours and releases it's oil.. Throw in onion and garlic and paprika and reduce head to a low heat and fry until onions soften about ten min.. Throw in tins of tomatoes bring to boil then reduce to simmer.. Put a lid on and lev for 15 min.. Throw in butter beans and continue to simmer for 5 more min with lid off... Serve with crusty bread
Late reply, up the walls, but cheers for that. Must give it a shot
Quote from: Bubbles on July 04, 2013, 10:18:53 AM
Here's mine. It includes (noooo!!) some wine, but it gives it a really nice flavour.
Ingredients
200-250g chorizo, sliced
2 red onions, chopped
1 small courgette, finely chopped
3 sticks celery, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
300ml red wine
500g tomato passata
400g can butter beans, rinsed and drained
400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
4 tomatoes, quartered
2 tsp fennel seeds, coarsely ground
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
Heat a little olive oil in a large non-stick pot or casserole. Fry the chorizo until it has coloured slightly, then add the onion and fry until it is also coloured.
Fry the courgette, celery and garlic for 3 minutes then add 300ml of red wine. Reduce the red wine by half.
Now add the rest of the ingredients, apart from the parsley. Season with a little salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Bring to the boil then cover and simmer very gently for 20 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary. Before serving, stir through the fresh parsley. Serve with some crusty bread to mop up the sauce.
Cheers for that, little more work but will try bothor maybe a mix of
Quote from: Il Tubo on July 03, 2013, 10:27:21 PM
WHY is it so fatty! Holy crap!
Back to this, render the chorizo at the start of cooking in a dry pan, it takes the fat out and then when you add your mirepoix or onions or whatever else you are adding to the base of the dish don't add any more oil, the flavoured red chorizo oil adds a delicious base.
As someone else said, animal fats are not the issue with cholesterol, we're well adapted to handle those, it's when you process fat that the problems arise.
Jesus lads, do we actually like food more than beer now?
I'm only messing!
For me it's not an either or situation, I love food and I love beer. No choices need to be made.
Quote from: lordstilton on July 04, 2013, 09:43:30 AM
I have one with butter beans.. Really tasty
Chorizo and butter beans stew
Ingredients
250g chorizo chopped
3 cloves garlic finely chopoed
2 red onion finely chopped
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 tins chopped tomatoes
1 tin butter bean drained
Fry off chorizo on medium heat till chorizo colours and releases it's oil.. Throw in onion and garlic and paprika and reduce head to a low heat and fry until onions soften about ten min.. Throw in tins of tomatoes bring to boil then reduce to simmer.. Put a lid on and lev for 15 min.. Throw in butter beans and continue to simmer for 5 more min with lid off... Serve with crusty bread
I did a variant on this last night, I used fresh tomatoes as I was out of tins, took the white bit out of the centre and blitzed them very roughly. I also used a tin of white beans (polish shop) and a tin of kidney beans. I also have some good spanish paprika here and used that. It really is delicious and I can highly recommend it. I'm making some fresh bread now to have it for tea.
Good chorizo in Dunnes at the moment. Cheap too! In a packet hanging with the prepacked stuff, not at the deli counter.
Came home last night and there was some mash potato left in the pot. Put the mash in a bowl and tossed in some real butter put in microwave for 2 minutes,cut up pieces of chorizo and mixed it all together with mash and put it in to the microwave for 1 minute. Great food for a beered belly. :)