Sausage Review - we review sausages

Had a run up recently to do a delivery just before Christmas to the Goat Shed butchery in Honingham, near Norwich. Yes I was working but whilst there I thought I would do a bit of shopping, speciality cheeses, cold meats, some seasonal veg all very nice in time for our family celebrations...and certainly the sausages from the butchery did look pretty good and made my journey very worth while...

Mind you I just didn't have time to take in their on site cafe restuarant and it's just as well as the traffic on the way back A47 / A11 was horrendous what with the roadworks and what should have taken a couple of hours or so took a lot longer than I'd have really wished.

What with Christmas looming however, the porks did find their way for a short period into our deep freeze. Thawed out though a few weeks later, they did look none the worse for wear, so we thought we'd put them through their paces.

80% plus Norfolk pork with gluten free crumb in natural skins. Yee haa! The pork comes from Tim Allen at Morley Farm in South Creake, North Norfolk (near the Suffolk border), who we are told specialises in high-welfare, outdoor-reared top-quality pork with excellent marbling and a sweet flavour. All RSPCA and Red Tractor assured. Well that sounds tip top.

Cooked up the skins browned exceptionally well with no splits, bursts or any of that white elmusion stuff we occasionally see. The aroma from our pan frying of them was very good too I might add.

Texture-wise just on the smooth side of medium which was very good. The general seasoning was spot on for us and yes there was a sweetness as it happens. The flavour was mild though which was liked by others here but I felt that these sausages did lack just a bit of spice for me personally.  The bite and chew was good though. Decent skins and top quality pork does make a difference.

A little bit of shrinkage in the cooking, and yes a little weight loss, but a very nice plain pork Gluten Free sausage that I'm sure you will like.

So, well, we certainly liked these and we would definitely buy again when up Norwich way.


The Goat Shed (Honingham) - Pork (Jan 2026)

Here's the sample details:
110x28mm before cooking, 100x28mm after.
58g before cooking, 53g after.
That's a shrinkage of 9% & weight loss of approx 8%.
6 loose sausages (approx 350g) £5.50 (approx £15.70/kg)


 
Goat Shed,
Colton Road,
Honingham
NR9 5DJ
01603 880685

Monday to Saturday
Shop: 8:00am – 6:00pm
Kitchen: 8:00am – 5:00pm (hot food served until 4:00pm, coffee and cake served until 5:00pm)

Sunday
Shop: 9:30am – 4:00pm
Kitchen: 9:30am – 4:00pm (hot food served until 3:00pm, coffee and cake served until 4:00pm)

www.goat-shed.co.uk