It may be fashinable, but I dont' really get this chirozo/fish combo thing.

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I had it for the first time this week, in a very nice restaurant. But the sausage seemed too strong for the haddock, which too a back seat.

Where has this weird combo come from, and why is it so popular?

Yes, I had a seafood and chorizo linguine and it was horrible. I'll usually eat anything and usually enjoy it, but I didn't get it either.

Ooh no, I love it. There's a nice recipe on BBC Good Food with new potatoes.

Mind you, I love most food!

I love it but the balance needs to be right, which is why I have never cooked it myself!

It is a Catalan dish I think. Chorizo works well with fish, eggs or any bland food.

Did asparagus, hollandaise with small pieces of toasted chorizo last week.

Worked surprisingly well.

any excuse to eat chorizo makes me happy. i wouldn't bother with the fish and def not haddock.

Chorizo is pretty standard in paella, isn't it? But then I guess the flavours in that (shellfish, chicken) are stronger than in white fish so it works better. Or something

Chorizo and scallops are delicious!

It is lovley though - especially with monkfish or scallops. I think it's like londonmackem says, the balance has to be right. Very little chorizo to the fish.

I made a haddock and chorizo hotpot last week and it was lovely, but two massive fillets of haddock (to feed 6) and only about 150g of chroizo.

I've not tried it, but then I'm not that keen on fish to begin with. The thing I don't understand is this current craze about pea puree and strawberry foam.

Pork and fish have always had a natural "marriage".

Fish fried in bacon fat is fantastic.

I seem to remember that Rick Stein makes a few references to it.

i love paella (though i believe true paella is made with rabbit and chicken, though that doesn't sound that great a combo to me)
yummy chorizo. yummy seafood and fish. I think the fatty saltyness of the chorizo actually complements the fish nicely...

Am watching this thread for inspiration as I have just bought some chorizo....good ideas so far!

chops - that hotpot looks larrrrverly. I might have to try it some time. And yes, chorizo and scallops is yum.

Smallwhitecat, I'm that your DH cooks.

Tidey...funny you should say that about "strawberry foam" as I had it for desert, mixed in with Eaton Mess. Not sure what that was about.

It's always been very popular in Portuguse cooking - a classic is steamed clams and choritzo in a cataplana (a large shellfish steamer) with lots of coriander and garlic - yummy! I prefer choritzo with shellfish rather than fish, I must say. If fish, I think it helps to have a starchy base to soak it all up, like paella.

Gah! I mean, Portuguese cooking.