Just off of the A14 junction 56, then only a few hundred metres on you see the signs for Jimmy's Farm. Let's call in for some lunch and perhaps buy some sausages then?
Well, what a good decision. A right good, interesting farm shop AND a cracking restaurant. Smashing lunch (compliments to the chefs)...and so on to the sausages...
We did buy
a very good looking taster sausage pack with
a kilo of 6 different flavours (£10
for 6x3 sausages, more on that
later) but I was intrigued by the
Ipswich Super Blue's. Made in honour
of the "Boys in Blue" at Ipswich Town
FC evidently!
87% local rare breed or own farm
rare breed pork, with 7% Stilton
cheese, freshly crushed garlic, in quality
natural skins we were informed.
So 6 of those also found their way
in to the shopping bag!
I'm not a big fan of Stilton cheese
I will be the first to admit,
neither is some of the team when
it's put in sausages either but in
the name of culinary exploration, we
just had to try these.
Cooked up, the natural skins browned
nicely, worked really well, with no
splits and none of that annoying
creamy stuff leaking out and
caramelising / burning as we've seen
in quite a few lesser samples
recently. The aroma from the
pan though was definitely Stilton as
they cooked up, but surprisingly it
wasn't over the top at all.
So taste-wise...yes the Stilton is
there but the balance is not bad at
all
with a good hint of it strengthening the pork
flavour rather than
overpowering it! The texture
is smooth to medium and
the chew is very good.
Eaten cold later, the Stilton taste
comes through a touch stronger to be
honest. OK though...
These are a very good, well
made sausage, we all agreed but
sadly not completely to all the
teams'
taste unfortunately. A bit
like a marmite moment to be honest I
suppose. You either like
Stilton or you don't!
Really worth trying these yourself
though...make your own mind up!
Jimmy's Farm (Wherstead) - Ipswich
SB
(Mar 2015)
Here's the
sample details:
115x30mm before cooking, 105x32mm
after.
77g before cooking, 56g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 2% & weight loss of approx
15%.
6 loose sausages £4.24
(£10.00/kg)
Jimmy's
Farm
Pannington Hall Lane,
Wherstead,
Ipswich,
Suffolk, IP9 2AR
01473 604206
www.jimmysfarm.com
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