This is a dear to my heart dish. I moved to Madrid alone (and not so great at Spanish) for a few months after finishing school with some time to spare, and my twin sister came along with me for the first week, her spring break from grad school. Eating and drinking out on the plazas and in the soccer bars is how I met people who'd be my friends for the next months, and one of our favorite tapas was chorizo borracho, cured sausage braised and glazed in red wine. In Madrid it is often Salchicha sausage, served at a bar where they count the toothpicks on your appetizer plate to see how many links you've eaten and calculate your tab. I've been lucky enough to encounter a similar dish in Puerto Rico on a vacation with my husband, and on my honeymoon in Lisbon - all around the world, sausage and wine is a good thing :) Serve as a simple but indulgent dinner with a green salad, or as a tapas spread with Mancheco or Iberico cheese with quince paste, and a big pitcher of Sangria. Enjoy!

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