Homemade Chorizo for Cocido

Name: Homemade Chorizo for Cocido
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 1 kg lean beef; 1 kg lean pork; 0.5 kg pork fat; to taste salt; to taste ground black pepper; generous amount red pepper powder (pimentón); a little hot pepper powder; to taste oregano; as needed pork intestines (casings)

Origin: Castile, Spain

Source: Anonymous, 1920

Ingredients

1 kg lean beef
1 kg lean pork
0.5 kg pork fat
to taste salt
to taste ground black pepper
generous amount red pepper powder (pimentón)
a little hot pepper powder
to taste oregano
as needed pork intestines (casings)

Instructions

Grind the lean beef, lean pork, and pork fat together using a meat grinder. Season the mixture generously with salt, ground black pepper, red pepper powder (pimentón), hot pepper powder, and oregano. Let the paste rest for twenty-four hours, turning it over frequently to distribute the seasonings evenly. Stuff the mixture into cleaned pork intestines (casings) and hang them to smoke.