Making your own linguica sausage:

• 1.5 pounds of ground meat a sausage grind is preferable, but not necessary for the taquitos
• 2 tablespoons olive oil can incorporate finely chopped or ground meat fat here, but we use olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon smoked or hot paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano or 2 sprigs fresh (leaves minced and stems discarded)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram or 2 sprigs fresh marjoram (leaves minced and stems discarded)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2-3 tablespoons red wine if using a Portuguese wine, all the better

To Make Taquitos

Filling:

• 1.5 pounds linguica sausage
• 1/2 cup finely diced Ortega chilies
• 1/4 cup poblano peppers finely diced
• 1/3 cup cilantro finely snipped
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• 1 cup grated mixed Mexican cheese

Tortillas:

• 10 7- inch flour tortillas can use any size tortillas here, but just adjust filling to each tortilla accordingly
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• Olive oil PAM

Garnishes: lime wedges, cilantro sprigs, guacamole and salsa