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Origin
La Rioja, Spain
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Description
La Rioja's most iconic dish — a simple stew of waxy potatoes, chorizo riojano, piquillos or fresh peppers, onion, garlic, and pimentón, cooked together in olive oil and water until the potato absorbs the paprika-fat from the chorizo and becomes deeply flavoured and slightly red-orange. The technique is the cascar la patata (breaking the potato) method: the potatoes are broken, not cut, which releases starch into the broth and gives the stew its characteristic slightly thickened, coating consistency. This is one of Spain's most beloved daily dishes — humble, deeply flavoured, and demonstrating the power of the cured sausage as a cooking ingredient.
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