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 Cooking With Chorizo
While many of the world's recipes call for sausages to provide a background
flavor, for example by cooking them into meat sauces and stuffings, chorizo
departs from most others in one aspect: it is not subtle. It will streak
scrambled eggs with its orange oils and make them so full and rich that you
would not think of adding a single other ingredient. It can make a thin broth
feel hearty, and can wrap sautéed potatoes with layers of roasted spices and
garlic.
Entire books have been written on paella, a typically Spanish rice-based entree.
Paella incorporates rice, chorizo slices, saffron and a few featured ingredients
like shellfish and/or chicken, If the bottom layer of rice yields a golden
caramelized crust, called socarrat, you know you've reached the pinnacle of
paella greatness.
Even without the rice, chorizo is excellent with fish and shellfish. You can add
it to the pan with cockles or clams as you steam them open. You can slip slices
of it into grouper like you would cloves of garlic in a leg of lamb. Or you can
simply render its fat and sprinkle the pungent orange juices over roasted cod.
The chorizo adds background flavor and a kind of intangible body and definition
to these simple yet exquisite dishes.
 One of the best ways to get a feel for Spanish chorizo is to blend it with eggs.
Place slivers of chorizo in a nonstick pan and heat them until they begin to
sizzle. Then add a little olive oil. Crack two eggs into the pan and began
stirring quickly, swirling the eggs around the pan and folding them over each
other until just barely cooked. The fat in the chorizo coats the eggs,
brightening them to a saffron yellow. And there is something about the chorizo
that makes the eggs taste hearty and almost creamy. You will find this dish in
Spain, where it is called revueltos de chorizo.
If you have never been to Spain and nibbled on slivers of chorizo before dinner
as part of a Tapas, the Palacios will be a revelation. Its smoky, earthy, sweet
and tangy character keeps you coming back for more.
For a limited time, iGourmet.com has put the Palacios chorizo on sale at $6.95.
Normally each 9.5 ounce chorizo sells for $8.45. offering this Spanish delight
at such a price is a great way to introduce it to more of our customers.
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