Traditional Mexican Chorizo

Chorizo is surprisingly easy to make at home and freezes well. You can use it in bulk form in recipes, shape it into patties, or, if you have a sausage stuffer attachment for your stand mixer, make your own chorizo sausages. If you are buying your ground pork from an upscale market, its fat content may be too low to make tasty sausages. You will need to either have your butcher grind pork mixed with fatback to order, or buy ground pork and grind the fatbac