Brookfield Farm (Aston) -
Boro
We called in to Brookfield
Farm Butchery after friends
from Dane End,
Hertfordshire, raved
about the excellent produce
specifically their sausages,
but did say we may need the
sat-nav if we were thinking
about visiting the farm
shop...which we did, as the
farm shop is tucked away
somewhat on the quite narrow
Aston End Road, Aston,
Stevenage.
As you get closer it would
be worth looking out
for the water tower and
don't get concerned about
access, as
there's ample parking
opposite the shop.
We tried the excellent
HertBeat sausages in another
review, and these Boro
sausages looked good too.
They were judged runner up
to the HertBeat and awarded
a Legendary British Banger
silver in the same East of
England Legendary Banger
2011 competition. Boro
is named such evidently as a
tribute to the butchery's
local football team,
Stevenage Borough FC,
containing 75% own pork and
a mild blend of herbs and
pepper. Quality natural skins
again and all the makings of
an interesting sausage!
Cooked up the
skins browned well just like
the HertBeats and no nasty splits. Splits
make for a less attractive
sausage, come on, what's the
point of putting the meat in
to skins if it bursts out?
Again the sausage cut easily
without the skin tearing,
and revealed a just under
medium texture. Lovely succulence.
We really liked these, and
we would place them equal to
the HertBeat this time.
A good looking and tasting
sausage with
minimum shrinkage and weight
loss in cooking. You know the quality
of the pork from
Brookfield's own pigs is top
notch. The pepper
is there and gave a little buzz,
but the level of salt was a
tad higher than we would
have liked.
Eaten cold later, "the
business"!
So it looks like we'll be
buying more of the Boro
and the HertBeat
bangers, and OK, we may try
their best sellers, the
Astons next time!
If you do get over to
Brookfield Farm sometime and
try both, why not let us
know what you think is the
tastier sausage!
Brookfield Farm
(Aston) - Boro
(Sep
2016)
Here's the
sample details:
120x30mm before cooking, 120x30mm
after.
86g before cooking, 80g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 0% & weight
loss of approx 7%.
6 loose sausages £4.70
(£8.50/kg).
www.brookfield-farm.co.uk
Brookfield
Farm Butchery
Aston End Road
Aston, Stevenage
Hertfordshire SG2 7EU
01438 880 228