05
February
February
Cooking Longanisa: Finally it works!
No comments Posted in: UncategorizedTagged with ethnic food, filipino food, food, philippines
Longanisa is a Filipino pork sausage, in links normally. It might be pretty unhealthy, but when cooked right, its possibly the tastiest sausage around. Done properly, you end up with a very sweet juicy meat and a sweet thick glaze on the outside.
Longanisa Links
Its usually in shorter segments than western sausages and includes bits of fat and soft gristle with enough texture to easily feel. Loads and loads of fat. What makes this so different is that is also packed with sugar. I find the best ones are made by using a long sleeve that’s got string running down the side to tie-off the segments… I have no idea if this means anything but to me, it’s always tastier.
It cannot be cooked like western styles of sausage (or any other sausage I know of) and apparently I’ve been doing it wrong all this time.
Take a set of links and boil them in enough water to cover them just barely, maybe even less. I cooked until the water is reduced to glaze in the bottom – you see, a lot of the sugar and fat bleeds out into the water, (if you cant get a thick almost-syrup in the bottom, just add a few tablespoons of sugar and a little water to re-reduce). Occasionally flip the links, especially near the end so they don’t literally fry on one side. It might look like a sugary water and oil mix, but heat a little longer and the water evaporates while the fat and sugar makes a heavenly sauce/glaze. No kidding, this shit is GOOD!
I just plop the whole link-string into a plastic storage bowl, get as much of the glaze out of the pan as possible, turn on the aircon and a good movie, pray to the god of obesity, grab fork – chow down!
In a single term: Sweetly Succulent.
4 Responses
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
-
-
-
have you heard of the new burger that Wendy’s has?
Calories – 1,650
Feb 6, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Cholesterol – 385 mg
Sodium – 3,750 mg -
oh i love chorizo! theyre so yummy especially after a drinking session…. oi jedi i reckon u liked my super dry old spice endurance men’s deo lol!
Feb 8, 2009 at 8:11 AM