ALHEIRA Portuguese sausage. curing meat. how to make bread sausage.
How to make Portuguese ALHEIRA sausage? Portuguese Alheira recipe. Alheira is a typical Portuguese smoked sausage originally made only with poultry meat, bread and plenty of garlic. In this recipe i used chicken and pork meat, but if you want the most original recipe, use only poultry meat. It is a simple and very tasty recipe. Smoking is optional but recommended as smoking helps in flavor, color, aroma and protection.
500g bread;
500g chicken, with skin and bone;
500g pork leg with skin and bone;
2 liters of water;
10 cloves of garlic;
1 medium onion, chopped;
5g of paprika;
3g of black pepper;
parsley and chives to taste;
30g salt;
2g red pepper;
2 meters of pork or beef casings;
culinary string to tie;
charcoal to light the barbecue;
fruit sawdust or eucalyptus for smoking.
16 окт 2024