''Botifarra'' ( es, butifarra; french: boutifarre) is a type of sausage and one of the most important dishes of the

Catalan cuisine Catalan cuisine is the cuisine from Catalonia. It may also refer to the shared cuisine of Northern Catalonia and Andorra, the second of which has a similar cuisine to that of the neighbouring Alt Urgell and Cerdanya ''comarques'' and which i ...

. ''Botifarra'' is based on ancient recipes, either the Roman sausage ''botulu'' or the ''lucanica'', made of raw pork and spices, with variants today in Italy and in the Portuguese and Brazilian ''linguiça''. In

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, '' Butifarras Soledeñas'' are a popular tradition in Soledad, Atlántico.

Varieties

Some of the most representative types are: *Raw botifarra, ''botifarra vermella'', ''butifarra roja'', ''butifarra cruda'', ''botifarra crua'', or ''roget''. It is also known as ''llonganissa'' or ''longaniza'' in many places of the Eastern Spain. This botifarra is usually grilled or barbecued. *Black botifarra, ''butifarra negra'' or ''negret'', containing boiled pork blood in the mixture. *''Botifarra catalana'', large botifarra similar to cooked ham; it may contain truffles. *''Botifarra d'ou'' or ''butifarra de huevo'' (literally "botifarra with egg"), containing egg in the mixture, typical to be eaten on Fat Thursday, ''dijous gras''. *White botifarra, ''botifarra blanca'' or ''blanquet''. Its main ingredient is lean meat (''carne magra''). It does not contain any blood in its mixture. *''Boutifarra de arroz'' (literally "botifarra of rice"), contains boiled rice together with meat and spices. *''Obispo'' (meaning "bishop") and ''bull'', as well as ''bisbot negre'' and ''bull negre'', are thick blood botifarra varieties made with different sections of tripe. Both ''obispo'' and black botifarra are versions of black pudding.

Dishes with botifarra

Usually white botifarra and black botifarra do not need to be cooked, but they are sometimes boiled as an ingredient of '' escudella i carn d'olla'', a traditional dish made by boiling vegetables and meat; as well as in the Catalan way of cooking fava beans. Grilled botifarra served with white beans ( ca, botifarra amb seques or ''botifarra amb mongetes'') is a typical Catalan dish.

In Latin America

In South America cooked botifarra of many types are known as ''butifarra''. In the coast of

, butifarra is a dried, shorter, almost round version of the sausage eaten with '' bollo'' of yuca and lime juice. In Argentina and Uruguay, butifarra is a very fatty, tender and whitish sausage much more like a cased pate, rioplatense butifarra is made with finely minced pork fat and meat that is cased in a soft sausage casing and boiled. In Paraguay, ''butifarra'' is a finely minced fatty

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that is commonly prepared in

asado ' () is the technique and the social event of having or attending a barbecue in various South American countries, especially Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay where it is also a traditional event. An ''asado'' usually consists of beef, po ...

. ''Butifarra'' is popular in El Salvador, also known to be found in

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and Mexico. In Tabasco, Mexico, ''la butifarra'' is a short sausage that is very popular with street vendors, made of seasoned mixed ground beef and pork, deep-fried and usually served with a stack of halved tortillas on each side.

Other uses of the term

In Peruvian cuisine, the word ''butifarra'' is used for a particular kind of ham sandwich. The Peruvian is prepared with ''jamon del país'', which is a regional type of ham, and not a botifarra at all.

References

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Varieties

Dishes with botifarra

In Latin America

Other uses of the term

See also

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