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Basco Chorizo Vela Picante Reviews

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WHAT IS CHORIZO VELA PICANTE? Like Basco Chorizo Vela Dulce, Chorizo Vela Picante is a slicing sausage made in the Rioja region with the same smoky, garlic flavour. However, in the case of Vela Picante the spicy, chili-hot version of the Pimenton de la Vera is used which makes a chorizo sausage with a little more punch and a chili kick. In every other sense the sausage is the same; made by Martinez Somalo, using the thick cuts of pork to make a lean and meaty sausage with that distinctive lush red colour and smoky flavour. HOW TO SERVE CHORIZO VELA? Vela Picante Chorizo is fully cured meaning that it is ready to eat without any further cooking. At 1.5kg it is an ideal size for slicing and serving as a tapa with jamon, olives or manchego cheese. Alternatively, you slice Vela Picante Chorizo into the traditional Spanish bocadillo sandwich. STORAGE Chorizo Vela Picante is gluten-free and refrigerated will keep up to 6 months unopened. Once opened the sausage will need to be wrapped tightly in cling-film and used within 3 weeks.

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Frederic Maurice
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tasty, spicy but not too much, not too fatty, one of the best i have ever had! definitely my favourite, perfect in tortilla, as a snack, in a cheese toastie, in a paella, everywhere!
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Posted 4 years ago
This is one big sausage! If you like your Chorizo on the spicy side this is the one for you. if cooked the heat calms down a fair bit. My two boys 10 and 11 yer olds love it and so do I.
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Michael Hammill
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Excellent classic large scale chorizo - ideal for tapas.
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Nicola Turner
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I bought this as part of a hamper I put together as a gift. It is enormous! It tastes really good - very sweet, with the heat creeping in -much better quality than anything I've bought in England, and amazing value for money.
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Posted 4 years ago
Gerald Brooks
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Lovely quality, cooks beautifly
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Posted 4 years ago
Tasty and spicy hot. Best Chorizo I have so far!
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Charles Greasley
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Not usually a fan of the larger Chorizos , decent enough texture and well spiced . Good cut into cubes and roasted with potatoes.
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Claire Savill
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Tastes like the real choritzo, so much better than what I have been buying in supermarkets and from other sites online. Thankyou.
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Posted 4 years ago