Sunday 8 August 2010

Son of Sausage Sunday

So, what happens when you mix a bunch of engineers, some pork, beef, apples, sun-dried tomatoes and Chorizo-mix with a 1800watt  meat grinder?  Yummy tastiness !


Sausage Sunday



...and that's what happened to Babe The Sheep-Pig. 



A few shots of the meat-grinders, sausage-stuffers and link-twisters in action.

Tuesday 27 July 2010

Banger Experiments

Hi folks. Big-Iain here.
I've had a try of Jules's new grinder and sausage stuffer...and the opinion is .....   Great, but needs practice.

Rustled up a batch of Pork sausages, with onion and apple in them.  After some experiment, I think the best option is to avoid grinding and sausage filling at same time... do them as two separate activities.
Pic 1 - as they emerged from the nozzle  Pic 2 - separated and twisted.
Pic 3 - A Monster    - Pic 4 - Halved and browned.


Pic 5 - Despite careful oven cooking, most of them burst. Dammit.

Taste-wise - not bad.   A bit heavy on the onion, and the texture was a bit smooth for my taste. Next time, I'll use the Coarse plate.  I had included some rusk in the mix, and I wonder if that swelled too much, and caused the bursts.  Live and Learn.

Sunday 6 June 2010

Sausage Frenzy !

First post of 2010 !

Today, I made Sausages !  Pork, with some mushrooms.


Damned tasty they were too. If anything, they were just a bit too meaty. Next time, I may add some apple.