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Chorizo

on its own
1.0sour
1.0sweet
5.0savoury
0.0bitter
5.0umami
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1 of these 26 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

26 pairings for Chorizo.

It is the sausage. Pork, salt, and enough pimentón to stain the fat.

Batata

classic

The orange fat renders out and the starch soaks it. That is the entire dish.

Paprika fat films the starch; the pea keeps the sausage from being only salt.

Pimentão

common

Paprika fat bleeds orange and the pepper drinks it back.

Roasted pepper sweetness meets the dried pepper already in the cure.

Orégano

common

Paprika fat and carvacrol both sit warm; the herb keeps it from going flat.

Páprica

common

Paprika is most of what chorizo tastes of. The pork is a delivery system.

Ovo

common

Yolk emulsifies the paprika fat into an orange sauce that clings.

Alho

common

Already inside the sausage; more just turns the dial past its own setting.

Big starchy beans are sponges, and this is the fat worth soaking up.

Aioli

common

Paprika fat beside raw garlic fat. Two oils, entirely different heats.

Paprika fat and tomato sugar caramelise at the same point in the pan.

Ervilha

uncommon

Paprika oil stains the peas orange and gives them a smoke they lack.

Lula

uncommon

Smoked paprika reads as grill char on something that never touched fire.

Polvo

uncommon

Pimenton is already the octopus seasoning; the sausage just brings the fat.

Vieira

uncommon

Pimentón oil pooled under seared scallop. Obvious, Spanish, still good.

Mel

uncommon

Sugar against smoke and acid; a glaze that stops the paprika going dusty.

Paprika fat stains the white flakes and lends the smoke it lacks.

Tamboril

uncommon

Paprika fat is the marbling the fish is missing.

Mexilhão

uncommon

Pimentón fat clouds the broth and makes mussels read as a meat dish.

Membrillo tartness handles the fat the way apple does, with more perfume.

Lichia

wild

Rose-sweet fruit against smoked salt fat; the perfume survives the paprika.