Chouriço Assado (Flaming Chouriço)

Name: Chouriço Assado (Flaming Chouriço)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 2 chourico; 4 tbsp aguardente; 1 baguette; 1 lemon; 80 g black olives; 80 g green olives; 1 tbsp olive oil; 80 g pickled gherkin

Prep5 minCook15 minTotal20 minDifficultyVery easy

Ingredients

4 servings

Contains: Gluten, Mustard

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Nutrition

Per serving

Calories: 769.6; total 3078.4
Protein: 32.5 g; total 129.9 g
Carbs: 39.7 g; total 158.8 g
Fat: 50.3 g; total 201.2 g

Estimated · based on 8 of 8 ingredients

Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central

Smoky Portuguese chouriço sausage, flambéed at the table in aguardente and served sizzling with crusty bread — a dramatic petisco.

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Method

1
Score the chouriço — Score the chouriço sausages diagonally a few times without cutting all the way through, and place in a traditional clay dish or a heatproof serving dish.
2
- aguardente 4 tbsp
Flambé the chouriço — Pour the aguardente over the chouriço and, working carefully away from anything flammable, carefully ignite it to flambé.
3
Grill the chouriço — Alternatively, skip the flambé and simply grill the chouriço over medium-high heat for 12-15 minutes, turning often, until charred and heated through.
4
- lemon 1
Slice and serve — Slice and serve immediately, sizzling hot, with crusty bread and lemon wedges.

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