Ripleys (Hoddesdon)
- Pork & Leek
Very
occasionally and completely
unintentionally in my
business travels I seem to
find little local butchers
shops I've not visited
before, just as I did today.
Having not been aware of RJ
Ripleys, even with them
being less than thirty
minutes away in Hoddesdon,
it would have been bad form
to not pop in for some shop
produced produce, now
wouldn't it?
The pork and leek
combination is a winner for
sure. We've tried this
before from other producers
and enjoyed such, so looking
at these with 75%+ pork with
a generous amount of
shredded leek in the mix,
and loaded in to fine
natural skins, anticipation
was building as the samples
went in to the pan. Medium
heat with a dot of oil does
best, cook slow and turn
occasionally.
The aroma from the pan with
the sausages sizzling away
was very good, and the skins
browned nicely, and with
none of that white stuff
oozing out thankfully.
The butcher and assistant I
spoke to on my visit did
assure me that the makings
were good quality, and we
wouldn't see such or indeed
any fat residue in the pan
as they cooked up.
They were right! Top
notch sausages.
Now we did have one sausage
skin split a bit though as
the skins tightened up but
this sausage was very much
larger than the others and I
suspect a tad overstuffed in
it's skin. The others
however still looked good
and on cutting showed a
medium-ish texture, with
good succulence. The
bite was pretty good and the
chew excellent. The
skins had crisped just
enough to make them chew
easily.
The taste of the pork and
leek was stonkingly good!
Well balanced seasoning too
thus making these sausages
something special. In
fact the view from the
troops was "next time you
are in Hoddesdon, you'd
better get some more for Nan
& Granddad, they'll like
these!" So there you
go...and very good value
too!
Ripleys (Hoddesdon) - Pork &
Leek
(Sep
2018)
Here's the
sample details:
120x30mm before cooking, 110x30mm
after.
84g before cooking, 77g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 8% &
weight loss of approx 8%.
8 loose sausages £4.80 (£7.50/kg
approx)
RJ Ripley
99 High Street
Hoddesdon
EN11 8TN
01992 462010