Quick, help me out, can you freeze Chorizo?

[Norfolkbumpkin]

I am in the process of making sweet potato and chorizo soup from Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food cookbook, thinking that I can use half and freeze the rest. The chorizo is added at the start with the veg then everything is blended at the end. I have usually added chorizo as a 'finishing touch' and have never thought it can be frozen. Can it?

Checking in my book it doesn't freeze well due to the high fat and salt content but can be frozen briefly if absolutely necessary. That is for meat as it comes from the deli but I would try it anyway.

it can be frozen
chorizo could probably survive a nuclear war

soup sounds yummy!!!!

could you possibly pass on the recipe?

Oh gawd, am confused now. Because I am such a wuss I think I will leave out the chorizo and add it at the end when I serve it up. I certainly will pass on the recipe, I'll just finish making it and feeding dd then I'll type it out.

Oh, thank you - don't go to a huge amount of trouble though, just the bare bones of the recipe would be fab!

I just checked again and have found in a few of my recipe books that you can freeze chorizo - but who knows, maybe my books are wrong.

Thank you!!!!!

Yes it can be frozen.

We do this often and have never had a problem.

Back again! The recipe is as follows;

2 x each of; carrots, sticks celery, medium onions,cloves garlic.
800g sweet potatoes
200g chorizo
small bunch fresh parsley
olive oil
1 heaped tsp curry powder
2 chicken or vegetable stock cubes
salt and pepper
1 fresh red chilli

peel and roughly chop all the veg, parsley and garlic. Slice the chorizo. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan, then add all the above to the pan along with the curry powder. Mix together then sweat over a low heat for 10 minutes until everything begins to soften. dissolve the stock cubes with 1.8 litres of boiling water then add to the pan. Bring everything to the boil then simmer for 10 minutes until the sweet potato is cooked through. Season if desired then pulse the soup until smooth in a blender or using a hand blender. Scatter over a little finely chopped chilli.

Note; I chopped up the chilli and added to the chopped veg at the beginning as I like quite a spicy soup.

We had some this evening and it was yum. This is one of the many recipes I have tried from the cookbook since I got it for christmas. It's a really great book and ideal for a fairly novice cook like me!

yes (but i think we have estgbalished that!)

Oh lovely, thank you!
Trade you for one of my favourites:

I have "Cooking with Jamie: my guide to making you a better cook" and love it. In the chicken section there is a wonderful recipe that calls for chicken breasts and butternut squash. Here it is (just from memory), which is fairly easy because he does not give set amounts for the ingredients:

in a baking dish, place 2-3 chicken breasts in the center
sprinkle with salt, pepper, oregano and a pinch of cayenne pepper (I was very liberal with all of this so my chicken was quite covered)
surround the chicken breasts with cubed butternut squash (I used butternut squash and potatoes)
season with a little salt and nutmeg
liberally drizzle everything with olive oil
pour a little bit of heavy cream around the outside of the squash, don't get it on the chicken though (don't know why, but hey-ho)
bake at 400 F for about 45 min

YUM!!! And so easy!!!