Ingredients of pantrucu or emberzao
- Onion
- Pork fat
- Parsley
- Garlic
- Sweet or bittersweet paprika
- Sal Island
- Cornmeal
- Pork or beef blood
Pantrucu or emberzao recipe
In the case of pantricks or get drunk, the dough is wrapped in collard leaves, tied with kitchen twine, and cooked in water for a long time.
In the case of fariñones (there are those who, in the singular, say fariñona), the mixture is stuffed into the large intestine and cooked in water for 2/3 hours.
The probes They are made like kneading pantrucos, but using onion previously poached in oil. It is kneading without further ado, without stuffing or embedding. It is customary to consume them like this.
1 Pantrucks or get drunk: They are cut into thick slices, then fried in oil and accompanied with fried legs and fried eggs.
2 Fariñones: complement of pots and fabadas. Also, as in the case of pantrucos or emberzaos, fried slices are made with potatoes and fried eggs.
3 Probes: they are fried in portions of the dough in oil and complemented with potatoes and fried eggs.
Pantrucu or emberzau days
Every year in the eastern municipality of Caravia there are festivals dedicated to this extraordinary sausage. You can find all the information in the link.
Emberzau and Cachopo Conference 2025
They are here again… Read more
Asturian recipe books
If you want to know first-hand Asturian recipes, simple but very delicious, we recommend buying the book «25 years of Guisanderas de Asturias» and the book "The Art of Cooking", written by the famous cook María Luisa García and currently republished.
