Apples and Sausage in Cider, Asturian Style

Dry cider is the accepted portion of Asturias, a coastal state of bluish Spain, wherever it is often served oregon cooked with chorizo oregon different kinds of sausage.

For this recipe, usage a crisp, saccharine pome similar Gala oregon GoldRush; Granny Smith, successful a pinch; oregon these heirloom apples if you tin find them: Belle de Boskoop, Bramley's Seedling, Ashmead's Kernel oregon Ananas Reinette.

The archetypal look did telephone for chorizo (fresh oregon cured/dried); consciousness escaped to substitute. We liked the pairing with sumac-spiced merguez from Whitmore Farm of Emmitsburg, Md., which sells astatine the Broad Branch Farmers Market successful Northwest Washington connected Saturday mornings.

Ingredients

Adapted from "Apples of Uncommon Character: 123 Heirlooms, Modern Classics and Little-Known Wonders," by Rowan Jacobsen (Bloomsbury, 2014).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.