Uncured chorizo on the North Shore?

I was planning on making the chorizo with sweet pepper and onion stew and fried croutons recipefrom the NYT for dinner tomorrow. I don't think I've ever seen uncured, fresh chorizo anywhere in the states. Is there some place I can get it near Evanston?

I'm assuming this is referring to the harder Spanish-style cured chorizo, rather than the Mexican style? Do you know for sure? Fresh Mexican chorizo is widely available.

I'm assuming this is referring to the harder Spanish-style cured chorizo, rather than the Mexican style? Do you know for sure? Fresh Mexican chorizo is widely available.

I should have been more specific. I'm looking for Spanish-style uncured chorizo.

Colombian might be an ok substitute for this. La Unica has it, as do others...

Another option is to make your own:

http://www.sausagemania.com/recipes2.html

Another option is to make your own:

Colombian might be an ok substitute for this. La Unica has it, as do others...

Thanks! I might go for a substitute this time, but I should try to make my own one of these days.

I had the same question a while back and was very happy with the chorizo I bought from Tony's.

I believe Tony's product is more along the lines of Mexican chorizo, widely available. The Colombian stuff is, I believe, closer to Spanish uncured sausage.

I think I've mentioned before that one of the best sources for canned Spanish and Criollo foods, El Ebro (named after a river in Spain) is, sorta inexplicably, in Chicago. It makes a mean caldo gallego, potaje de garbanzos, tamal en cazuela (or maybe tamal en lata), etc. for something in a can. The Ebro stuff often seems to include uncured Spanish chorizo.

Ebro is right here in Chicago, since 1965. I'd be interested in more info if anyone is so inclined...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ebro%20fo ... a=N&tab=wl

JeffB wrote:I believe Tony's product is more along the lines of Mexican chorizo, widely available.

As a regular consumer of Tony's chorizo I can confirm this to be true. It's fresh, Mexican-style chorizo, the same thing that's available at any decent carniceria.

Best,
Michael

Whole Foods sells an uncured sausage labeled chorizo that they make in house. No idea whether it is authentic or not.

I bought a nice Spanish chorizo at Marcey St. Market (inside Sam's Wine) a while back, but it was not cheap.

Mike, uncured Spanish chorizo?

The problem seems to be that there is little demand for this particular sausage, so the fresh sausage makers don't make it. I'm sure that lots of our many, many fine sausage folks would do so if given the recipe and a large enough order.

Looking for fresh choizo, I've seen references about uncured chorizo by the very good LA Spanish sausage company la Espanola. It does not look as if they ship uncured meat, however.

I also saw that the really top-notch Rioja sausage maker, Palacios (probably what you bought at Sam's, and available at Iberco, La Unica etc.) sells uncured choizo in the UK (that's the EU for you; we get Mexican stuff, which seems more than fair). Still, I'm unaware of a local source for fresh Spanish-style chorizo.

I bought some of the Palacios at Produce World at Dempster & Waukegan- $5.29 for 7.9 oz. Don't know if that's uncured or not (Ok, I admit it, I'm not really the Sausage King of Chicago )