Street Grill · Thin Grilled Chorizo
Txistorra
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Txistorra is usually sold fresh or only briefly cured, so unlike most chorizo it has to be cooked before eating.
Txistorra is a long, thin, fresh pork sausage seasoned with paprika and garlic, grilled quickly until the skin blisters, then sliced into a length of bread. Street fairs and market grills across the Basque Country cook it fast and sell it hot.
Why it's made this way: Its thin casing made it ideal for quick grilling at festivals and markets, where vendors needed to serve a crowd without long cook times.
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