First attempt good results !
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:18 amThanks to those who applied to my earlier thread. I thought I'd let you know how my first attempt turned out.
I used pork shoulder which I bought from a little old fashioned butchers shop in Lowfield St, Dartford, Kent. They sell locally sourced meat which does cost more than the supermarket but in my opinion well worth it. The guys there are very friendly and happy to give you advice. Great little shop which has been there for years and are apparently now threatened with closure because the council want to redevelop that side of town. It'll be a real shame if it happens.
I used Franco's cumberland spice mix and about 5% rusk. The combined mincer/stuffer I bought for �29.99 from Lidl did a good job and was pretty easy to use. That looks to have been a bit of a bargain ! Probably no good for high volume stuffing but fine for my purpose.
The sausages had an excellent flavour and were really juicy and there was surprisingly little fat came out of them compared with shop bought sausages. Maybe the small amount of rusk I used helps make the sausage more succulent than they otherwise would have been. I might try leaving the rusk out next time and will compare the results. But really these were a world away from most of the shop bought offerings I've had in the past.
I also bought some belly pork and a nice loin of pork and I'm making bacon from these.
So all things considered a sucessful first attempt and very enjoyable - both making and eating.
I used pork shoulder which I bought from a little old fashioned butchers shop in Lowfield St, Dartford, Kent. They sell locally sourced meat which does cost more than the supermarket but in my opinion well worth it. The guys there are very friendly and happy to give you advice. Great little shop which has been there for years and are apparently now threatened with closure because the council want to redevelop that side of town. It'll be a real shame if it happens.
I used Franco's cumberland spice mix and about 5% rusk. The combined mincer/stuffer I bought for �29.99 from Lidl did a good job and was pretty easy to use. That looks to have been a bit of a bargain ! Probably no good for high volume stuffing but fine for my purpose.
The sausages had an excellent flavour and were really juicy and there was surprisingly little fat came out of them compared with shop bought sausages. Maybe the small amount of rusk I used helps make the sausage more succulent than they otherwise would have been. I might try leaving the rusk out next time and will compare the results. But really these were a world away from most of the shop bought offerings I've had in the past.
I also bought some belly pork and a nice loin of pork and I'm making bacon from these.
So all things considered a sucessful first attempt and very enjoyable - both making and eating.
