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   Fish, meat and cheese

   Chorizo Rioja

   From Olympia Provisions · Portland, Oregon · @olympiaprovisions

   Elias Cairo learned to cure meat as an apprentice in Switzerland and came home to Portland to open Oregon's first USDA-certified salumeria in 2009. Olympia Provisions still makes everything by hand. The Chorizo Rioja is a dry-cured Spanish-style chorizo with smoked paprika and garlic.

   Real dry-cured chorizo, made by hand in Portland. Slice it for a board, or let it melt into a pot of kale and potato soup.

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   Kale, potato and chorizo soup

   45 min · serves 6 · The chorizo is browned first so its paprika-red fat flavors the whole pot of potatoes and greens.

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   You need

   • 1 Olympia Provisions Chorizo Rioja (about 8 oz / 225 g), sliced into half-moons
   • 2 tbsp olive oil
   • 1 onion, chopped
   • 3 garlic cloves, sliced
   • 1½ lb (680 g) Yukon gold potatoes, cut into ¾-inch cubes
   • 6 cups (1.4 l) chicken stock
   • 1 bay leaf
   • 1 bunch Tuscan kale, stems removed, leaves sliced
   • Kosher salt and black pepper
   • 1 tbsp sherry or red wine vinegar
   • Crusty bread, to serve

   How to make it

   1. Warm the oil in a soup pot over medium heat and cook the chorizo until it browns and gives up its red fat, about 5 minutes. Lift out half for the top.
   2. Add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook until soft, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic for 1 minute.
   3. Add the potatoes, stock and bay leaf, bring to a boil, then simmer until the potatoes are tender, 15 to 18 minutes.
   4. Mash a few potatoes against the side of the pot to thicken the soup.
   5. Stir in the kale and simmer 5 minutes, until silky.
   6. Season with salt, pepper and the vinegar, then serve topped with the reserved chorizo and with bread.

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   Inspired by Olympia Provisions's own recipe: olympiaprovisions.com

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