Discover a world of flavour

Catalonia, in the northeast of Spain, is a varied region, from the mountains of the Pyrenees to the sandy beaches of the Costa Brava and the art and bustle of Barcelona. It also has a varied cuisine, with French, Greek and Italian influences mingling with those of the rest of Spain. Amongst the most famous culinary traditions of Catalonia are their sausages and they feature in a number of the region’s most popular recipes.

At unearthed, we love the continental technique of gently drying sausages to produce a semi-cured product. The flavour concentrates as they are cured and they are perfect for cooking, remaining much softer than a ready-to-eat chorizo for example. The latest sausage we have found is this Catalan Cooking Sausage, naturally flavoured with fennel and black pepper.

You can really use them anywhere you would use a regular sausage, but they are great for hot tapas or in Mediterranean recipes. In the office we served the very first batch with quirky paprika mash – bangers and mash Spanish style!

You may also like our Cooking Chorizo Sausages, also from Catalonia. Available from Waitrose and Ocado.