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Originally Posted by Mutt
what makes Chorizo sausage different from other kinds of sausages like Italian, German, Polish etc? hotter? what ingredients?
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Well there are also numerous types of Italian, German, etc. types of sausage as well.
Typically Chorizo (European types) is a cured pork sausage with the predominate spices being paprika (from sweet to hot - and smoked varieties) and then garlic. Of course paprika goes from bland and very damn mild to fairly hot.
One thing I can say for sure is do not judge paprika taste from what the average American knows, that stuff that is rarely used in most pantries only to add color to deviled eggs or potato salad. The average McCormick's or whatever that has sat in someones kitchen since they bought the house is fairly bad.