The easiest one pot wonder chorizo dish on the planet and so worth the wait. ‘Chorizo a la Sidra’ Chorizo with Cider is a very simple Asturian tapas dish that is like having a warm hug in a bowl. Although traditionally made in Spain with Asturian cider, which is always poured from a height and is earthy and funky tasting, a good quality dry cider from the store achieves a similar taste. The chorizo is slowly simmered in dry cider along with bay leaves until the sausage is tender and the cider becomes a luscious, sweet sauce. This is a great dish to make the day before and then heat up when you are ready to eat the following day.
Chorizo with Cider
Chorizo with Cider
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Persons: 4
- Difficulty: Easy
- Ingredients
- 1 lb of fresh chorizo sausage (Spanish chorizo)
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 cups of dry cider or enough to cover the sausage completely
- Instructions
- Place chorizo in pan with bay leaves and pour over the cider. Turn up heat to high.
- Boil for 2 minutes and then turn heat down to medium/low to a simmer. During the simmering occasionally turn the sausages.
- Simmer for 40 minutes.
- Leave to cool and then remove the chorizo and cut up into 1 inch thick pieces.
- Serve with the sauce spooned over.
Top Tips
- Do not pierce the chorizo before nor during the cooking process. All the juices from the sausage will end up in the sauce and will result in dry chorizo.
- This is great served too as a ‘pinxto’. Cut the chorizo into a slightly larger size: 1.5-2 inches and served warmed on sliced baguette bread.
Chorizo with Cider – Chorizo a la Sidra
The delicious one pot wonder tapas star – ‘Chorizo a la Sidra’ Chorizo with Cider. Sweet and sticky cider sauce with chunks of soft and smoky chorizo sausage inside.
