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These cooking chorizos, spiced with mild, smoked paprika are free from any artificial colourings or preservatives and are an excellent ingredient in many different dishes.  At their best poached in wine or cooked in a casserole, they add a depth of flavour, a hint of smokiness and a beautiful colour to whatever they are cooked with.

These cooking chorizos, spiced with hot, smoked pimentón de la Vera are free from any artificial colours or preservatives and are an excellent ingredient in many different dishes. At their best poached in wine or cooked in a casserole, they add a depth of flavour a hint of smokiness and a beautiful colour to whatever they are cooked with.

These cooking chorizos, spiced with mild, smoked paprika are free from any artificial colourings or preservatives and are an excellent ingredient in many different dishes. At their best poached in wine or cooked in a casserole, they add a depth of flavour a hint of smokiness and a beautiful colour to whatever they are cooked with.

Rich, smoky. A classic Basque recipe. Grills easily. A regional speciality of north-east Spain, the chistorra (sometimes spelt txistorra) is a long, thin cooking chorizo that is delicious cooked with huevos rotos or in a tortilla de patata, or simply grilled on a barbecue. This chistorra from La Rioja is mildly spiced and has a deep savoury flavour with a long, clean aftertaste. This is a fresh product and has a shelf-life of approximately two weeks. 

This style of chorizo is halfway between a cooking chorizo and a cured one; this means that it can work well in a number of different recipes, or eaten on its own, but sliced more thickly than you would a fully cured chorizo. Made with the same ingredients as the Alejandro Barbacoa cooking chorizo but with mild, smoked paprika and subsequently dried for a couple of weeks.

Juicy, aromatic, smoky Riojan recipe. Distinct heat. Pan fry for cocktail coins. This style of chorizo is halfway between a cooking chorizo and a cured one; this means that it can either be cooked, or eaten on its own, but sliced more thickly than you would a fully cured chorizo.  Made using only meat from the shoulder, belly and jaw combined with either hot or mild smoked paprika and subsequently dried for a couple of weeks.

Riojan recipe. Rich, balanced, oaky. Long matured. A unique chorizo. Easy slicing. Embutidos Alejandro buy their pork from a small number of pig farmers, with whom they have worked for many years, producing excellent meat. Their coarse cut, mildly spiced, cured Magno velita chorizo is one of their iconic products: cured for a minimum of 60 days it is a great chorizo, moist, with an excellent balance of lean and fat and a clean, lingering flavour. Any surface mould on this product is entirely natural and should just be rubbed off with a damp cloth

Panceta (cured pork belly) is a great kitchen staple. Ours comes smoked from Cecinas Pablo in north western Spain and adobada (rubbed with paprika).

Intense, savoury. Made in Vic by the Riera family since 1852. Great aperitivo salami with beer. The region around the city of Vic has long been associated with pig husbandry and its elevation, and humid climate have made the town famous for its charcuterie, specifically salchichones. The fuet type of thin salchichon, of which this bastonet is a good example, is typically Catalan and is moist, slightly chewy and has a clean, lingering flavour.

Embutidos Alejandro buy their pork from a small number of pig farmers, with whom they have worked for many years, producing excellent meat. Their coarse cut, mildly spiced, cured chorizo Magno is one of their iconic products: cured for a minimum of 60 days it is a great chorizo, moist, with an excellent balance of lean and fat and a clean, lingering flavour.

Made from the meat of a herd of pigs raised freely on ecological farms in Andalucía, eating grasses and nuts, supplemented, where necessary with organic cereals before being cured by a specialist family company in Segovia. Pleasant and intense, paprika stands out. Enebral organic hoop chorizo mild can be eaten as a tapa with some bread. It is also excellent for cooking