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Morcilla de Burgos
Morcilla de Burgos belongs to Castile and Leon: blood sausage bound with rice and horcal onion, sliced thick and fried hot so the rice browns at the edge and the middle stays tender.
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Lomo Embuchado Castellano
Castilla's leanest embutido is whole pork loin in pimentón, garlic, and salt, cased and cured slowly until it slices thin, firm, and ruby-edged for a board that needs no fuss.
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Chistorra a la Sidra
Chistorra a la sidra is Navarra's thin fresh sausage cooked hot in dry cider, not served raw. Let the cider reduce until sharp and glossy, then bring bread.
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Chorizo a la Sidra
Chorizo a la Sidra is Asturias in a small cazuela: smoky cooking chorizo simmered whole in dry natural cider, sliced only when plump, with enough glossy red sauce for bread.
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Cojonudo de Burgos
Cojonudo de Burgos is a hot pincho built on good embutido, crisp toast, and a fried quail egg. The bite works only if the bread holds and the yolk runs.
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Botillo del Bierzo
Botillo del Bierzo is Berciano winter food: smoked, pimentón-cured pork cooked whole and slow, then served hot with cabbage and potatoes to catch every drop.
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Zorza Gallega
Zorza Gallega is chorizo before the casing, the seasoned pork fried loose after a long rest so the pimentón, garlic, oregano, and wine have time to reach the meat.
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Chosco de Tineo Asturiano
Chosco de Tineo is western Asturias in one sausage: pork shoulder and tongue seasoned with pimentón and garlic, oak-smoked, then simmered whole and sliced warm.
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Morcilla Asturiana Frita
Morcilla Asturiana is Asturias in a sausage: blood, onion, pimentón, and smoke, fried gently so the casing holds and the soft filling stays rich.
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Sobrasada con Miel
Sobrasada con miel is Mallorcan: soft cured pork rich with pimentón, warmed just enough to loosen, then given a thread of honey on crisp bread.
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Cecina de León
Cecina de León is cured smoked beef from León, sliced thin enough to bend, rested until its fat softens, and finished with a thread of good olive oil.
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Jamón de Teruel
Jamón de Teruel is Aragón's clean, sweet mountain ham: white pig, slow cure, fine fat. Your job is not to cook it, but to let it warm, slice it thin, and leave it alone.
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Jamón Ibérico de Bellota de Extremadura
Jamón Ibérico de Bellota de Extremadura is not cooked, it is handled: tempered, carved thin, and laid on a warm plate so the acorn-fed fat softens and shines.
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Salchichón de Málaga
Málaga's soft Andalusian salchichón is pork, fat, pepper, and nutmeg cured young, not dried hard. The trick is stopping at the tender stage and keeping it cold.
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Androlla Gallega con Cachelos y Grelos
Androlla is Galician winter food from the eastern mountains: smoked pork rib and skin, cured with pimentón, boiled slowly until tender, then served with cachelos and greens.
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Salchichón de Vic
Salchichón de Vic is Catalan, from the cold plain around Vic: lean pork, firm fat, salt, and black pepper, dried slowly until the casing blooms white and the cut face shows clean marbling.
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Chorizo de Teror (Soft Canarian Chorizo)
Chorizo de Teror is Gran Canaria's soft, pimentón-red sausage for spreading, not slicing: pork, garlic, white wine, and enough fat to melt into warm bread with a mild island sweetness.
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Chorizo al Infierno Gallego
Chorizo al infierno is Galicia at the table with a match: semi-cured chorizo blistered over burning orujo until the casing chars, the fat runs red, and the bread has work to do.
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Fuet Catalan
Fuet is Catalan: a thin dry sausage of pork, fat, salt, pepper, and time, dried until firm under its white bloom and snapped into short pieces for the table.
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Farinato Salmantino con Huevos
Farinato is Salamanca's poor-man's embutido: pork fat, bread, pimentón, onion, garlic, and anise, fried until ruddy and soft, then served with eggs.
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Botifarra amb Mongetes
Botifarra amb mongetes is Catalan: fresh pork sausage cooked through, white beans turned in its fat until glossy, and allioli beside it. Simple food, if the sausage is right.
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Chorizo al Vino Tinto Riojano
Chorizo al vino tinto is La Rioja in a small cazuela: good cured chorizo, red wine, garlic, and bay simmered until the wine turns glossy enough for bread.
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Torreznos de Soria
Torreznos de Soria are Castilian bar food with a serious method: cured pork belly with rind, started slowly in oil so the skin blisters, then fried hotter until crisp.
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