CHORIZO CHOWDER

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Make sure you buy whole chorizo sausages and slice them yourself, as the packets of ready sliced chorizo that you can buy are too thin for this soup.

Provided by Lene8655

Categories     Chowders

Time 40m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

50 g butter
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
500 g floury potatoes, cubed
1 leek, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 liter vegetable stock
250 g chorizo sausages, cut into 1 cm wide slices
salt & freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Heat the butter in a large pan and cook the onion, garlic and potatoes for 5 minutes until lightly golden.
  • Add the leek and cayenne and cook for a further 1 minute.
  • Add the stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes are very soft and beginning to break up into the soup.
  • Using a potato masher, roughly mash the potatoes into the soup.
  • Stir in the chorizo and simmer gently for 5 minutes until the orange coloured oil from the chorizo rises to the surface of the soup.
  • Check the seasoning, ladle into bowls and garnish with a sprig of flat leaf parsley.
  • Serve with lots of crusty bread for mopping up.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 805.3, Fat 61, SaturatedFat 25.5, Cholesterol 143.1, Sodium 1718.3, Carbohydrate 28.3, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 3.1, Protein 34.8

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