Recipe - Catalan Patatas Bravas with Chorizo
Patatas Brava translates as Hot Potatoes. They are Catalonia's favourite tapas, often mixed with small pieces of crispy meat. This particular Catalan recipe use chorizo as the meat - the peppery juice which sweats from the choritzo greatly enhances it's other elements.Chorizo changes flavour when cooked, so if you do not like the uncooked version, do give it a try! A simple replacement would be 3 or 4 rashers of bacon, roughly cut into ½" squares.
Ingredients (for four portions):
1kg (2lb 3oz) waxy Potatoes
400g of tinned chopped Tomatoes
250g thin Chorizo
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 small Onion
2 cloves Garlic
½ tablespoon Plain Flour
1 tablespoon Paprika
1 pinch of Chilli Powder
¼ teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
Chopped Parsley to garnish
Method:
For the sauce:
Finely chop Onion and Garlic
Finely dice any large pieces of Tomatoes
Mix the Tomatoes, Onion, Garlic & Chilli Powder and gently boil in a saucepan for c10 minutes
Simmer while cooking the Potatoes etc
For the Potatoes:
Peel the Potatoes and cut into ¾" (2cm) cubes, blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes, then leave in sieve to drain.
Cut chorizo into thin slices
Heat Olive oil in large pan
Add the Potatoes chorizo and sprinkle over a little of the Paprika powder.
Cook for c10 minutes, turning regularly and sprinkling a little more of the paprika each time
Continue turning & frying until the potatoes start to brown
To Serve:
Drain off excess juices from the pan
Slowly stir the flour into the sauce.
Transfer the Potato, Choritzo into a warmed serving dish
Pour over the sauce
Garnish with Chopped Parsley
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