Basque Chorizo

Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Health score
44%
Basque Chorizo
300 min.
5
1239kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • teaspoons ancho chile powder 
  • tablespoons pepper black freshly ground
  • 12  feet of hog casings 
  • 1.5 tablespoons garlic minced
  • tablespoons kosher salt 
  • tbsp olive oil 
  • teaspoons paprika smoked sweet spanish (pimentón de la Vera)
  • 2.3 teaspoons bittersweet paprika smoked spanish (not ; pimentón agridulce)
  • 3.5 tablespoons paprika smoked sweet spanish (not ; pimentón dulce)
  • 0.8 pound pork back fat skinless chilled
  • pounds boston butt pork shoulder chilled (butt)
  • tablespoons piment d'espellete hot
  • 0.3 cup rioja dry red

Equipment

  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • baking sheet
  • knife
  • blender
  • plastic wrap
  • toothpicks
  • grill
  • kitchen thermometer
  • stand mixer
  • ziploc bags
  • kitchen twine
  • funnel

Directions

  1. Put sausage grinding tool, large and medium cutting plates, grinder knife, and meat hopper in the freezer.
  2. Cut pork shoulder into approximately 1-in. cubes and put in a very large bowl.
  3. Add wine and all seasonings to pork shoulder and toss to coat thoroughly, then spread on 2 rimmed baking sheets.
  4. Cut fat into 1-in. cubes and put in a medium bowl. Freeze both shoulder and fat until semifrozen, about 2 hours. (Keep meat semifrozen for duration of recipe; otherwise it won't grind easily).
  5. Assemble grinder and attach to stand mixer following manufacturer's instructions, making sure the chilled grinding tool is fully inserted (you have to twist it in). Grind fat through large grinding plate, a few chunks at a time, into a medium stainless steel bowl. Fat should fall crisply and cleanly out of the grinder; if it smears, it's too warm (return fat to freezer).
  6. Transfer half of pork shoulder to a large bowl; keep remaining half of shoulder frozen. Grind pork through large grinding plate, a few chunks at a time, back onto its baking sheet and return to freezer. Change to medium plate and grind remaining half of pork onto another baking sheet or large bowl.
  7. Mix both grinds of pork together with fat, using two large forks and breaking up any clumps of fat.
  8. Form a small patty from meat and fry in olive oil in a small pan over medium heat to test seasonings. Taste and adjust salt and spices accordingly. If you would like the flavors to mellow, cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill 24 hours before continuing; for a spicier sausage, proceed with the recipe.
  9. Continue forming patties, or make sausages by stuffing meat into casings. To stuff meat into casings, put grinding mechanism, meat hopper, and ground meat back in freezer. Flush casings with warm water using a small funnel inserted in one end of casing (do this in a clean sink). Soak casings in warm water at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour.
  10. Follow manufacturer's instructions for assembling stuffer and attaching to mixer, using the medium-size horn and greasing it with butter or lard. Push casings all the way onto the horn in one long piece, as though you were putting on a stocking. Knot the end of the casing. Take out 1/4 of meat from freezer and keep rest in freezer as you work (if it warms up, it will gum up the machine and won't have as nice a texture when cooked).
  11. Guide meat into casings so it packs tightly and firmly and let finished sausages coil into a bowl. As each reaches the length you like--about 6 to 8 inches and slim is standard for this chorizo--twist it into an individual sausage link or tie off with kitchen twine. Prick any air holes with a sharp toothpick.
  12. Freeze sausages or patties at this point, or cook. For sausages: Grill over indirect 300 heat or pan-cook over medium heat until they're plump, browned, and shiny (an instant-read thermometer inserted lengthwise reads 145). For patties: Grill or pan-cook until crisp-edged and browned.
  13. * A good one-stop shopping source for the paprikas in this recipe is spanishtable.com. Pre-order back fat and hog casings from a butcher shop.
  14. Fresh chorizo keeps, chilled, up to 3 days; frozen in 2 layers of resealable plastic bags, up to 3 months. Cooked chorizo keeps 1 week; frozen, up to 5 months.

Nutrition Facts

Calories1239kcal
Protein22.54%
Fat74.88%
Carbs2.58%

Properties

Glycemic Index
27.8
Glycemic Load
0.79
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
40.841303866843%

Flavonoids

Petunidin
0.4mg
Delphinidin
0.5mg
Malvidin
3.15mg
Peonidin
0.22mg
Catechin
0.92mg
Epicatechin
1.28mg
Luteolin
0.02mg
Kaempferol
0.01mg
Myricetin
0.07mg
Quercetin
0.12mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:1238.81kcal
61.94%
Fat:101.71g
156.48%
Saturated Fat:36.76g
229.78%
Carbohydrates:7.9g
2.63%
Net Carbohydrates:3.95g
1.44%
Sugar:1.07g
1.19%
Cholesterol:306.47mg
102.16%
Sodium:4461.11mg
193.96%
Alcohol:1.26g
100%
Alcohol %:0.35%
100%
Protein:68.87g
137.74%
Vitamin B1:2.52mg
168.33%
Selenium:85.35µg
121.93%
Vitamin A:4590.38IU
91.81%
Vitamin B6:1.4mg
69.85%
Vitamin B2:1.12mg
66.13%
Vitamin B3:13.11mg
65.56%
Phosphorus:651.82mg
65.18%
Zinc:9.7mg
64.68%
Vitamin B12:2.64µg
44%
Potassium:1220.84mg
34.88%
Iron:6.26mg
34.76%
Manganese:0.54mg
27.07%
Vitamin E:3.83mg
25.56%
Vitamin B5:2.55mg
25.5%
Copper:0.45mg
22.41%
Magnesium:82.87mg
20.72%
Folate:77.52µg
19.38%
Fiber:3.95g
15.8%
Calcium:137.73mg
13.77%
Vitamin K:13.57µg
12.92%
Vitamin D:1.84µg
12.24%
Vitamin C:5.88mg
7.13%
Source:My Recipes