Homemade Chorizo Sausage – A Mexican Treat


I have a few recipes I want to share with you that use chorizo sausage.  Fresh chorizo is a key ingredient in mexican and south western American cooking.   It adds great richness and flavour to dishes and I really enjoy it.  As with all ground meat products I prefer to know what I am eating.  For this reason I make most of my sausage meat at home, though there are a couple providers a the Halifax Market I trust and am hoping to visit to watch them in action.

I have already put up recipes for making homemade breakfast sausage and italian sausage.  Chorizo is just another variation of that.  The base is a good ground pork and then add some amazing seasoning and allow to sit over night.

Ingredients:

1.5 pounds of ground pork (Berkshire pork of you can get it)

1 Tbsp Paprika

1 tsp sea salt

2 cloves of chopped fresh garlic

1 tsp cayenne pepper (increase or decrease based on your desire for heat)

1 tsp cumin (toast the seeds in a dry pan then grind for best results)

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp mexican chili powder

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1.5 Tbsp White Wine

In a large bowl spread out the pork as thin as possible.  Sprinkle half the spices over the pork, mix well.  Spread out again and repeat.  Mix well.  Add in the white wine and stir.  Cover and refrigerate for a couple hours, overnight is best.

This fresh sausage can be use in any recipe calling for chorizo.

Special Thanks to my local supplier Active Life Farm for providing me with amazing Berkshire pork and fantastic local garlic.  They made this Chorizo special.

6 thoughts on “Homemade Chorizo Sausage – A Mexican Treat”

  1. Thanks for sharing this! I lived in Spain last year and the chorizo was amazing! I’ll give this a try sometime soon.

    1. I love spanish Chorizo, this is mexican chorizo, the biggest difference is it is not cured. Cant get enough of either !!!

  3. Is there anywhere I could find ready-made mexican chorizo in Halifax? If not, I will likely make this as I enjoy making food from scratch. Mexican chili powder… this sounds special. Tips on where to find that?

    1. Sorry for the delay… busy with the new job but I am back :). Sweet Williams has some Chorizo but if you want fresh I suggest making it yourself. Pete’s has Mexican Chili Powder. It is a great spice mix and you will not regret using it.

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