Embutido

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An embutido is a type of sausage found in Spain, Portugal (where it is called enchido), the Philippines, and Latin America. It contains hashed meat, generally pork, seasoned with aromatic herbs or spices (pepper, red pepper, garlic, rosemary, thyme, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, etc.) that is served "embutido," meaning that it is wrapped in the skin of the pig's intestines. Mass-produced embutidos are often wrapped in a type of artificial but edible skin.

There are several types of sausages, including cured (chorizo, salami, cured loin, and sobrassada) or cooked (morcilla or androlla). The Filipino embutido frequently contains raisins.

In Uruguay, chorizo means fresh sausage, lightly seasoned, that is cooked over hot coals.