Musk's (Newmarket) - Pork &
Cyder
What, pork sausages with real Aspall cyder? Now that
sounds interesting! I like
cider or even cyder, but
personally I'm not big on
pork and apple, but I'd give
it a go...
65% prime British pork with
freshly baked bread, 6% diced apple
and 3% Aspall cyder. Come
on, you're hardly going to
get drunk on that amount,
but what an aroma on opening
the packaging. Very nice! So
much so, one of the troops
caught a whiff and was
straight into the kitchen to
find out what was on.
Whether Musk's using Aspall
cyder from Suffolk rather
than anything else is
perhaps debatable, however
creating an "Aspall sausage"
with an implied Suffolk
regional twist, is a good marketing angle
agreed.
In the pan with the heat on
the aroma was excellent. The
skins although quite fine in
appearance, browned nicely
and held well with no major
splits. A little leakage was
noted though, as the skins
tightened, which was
probably the apple content
cooking off, which began
caramelising with even more
aroma!
Texture-wise just above
medium with a slight crumble
which was very
pleasing. Quite a good level
of succulence which is likely
achieved with the bread
content rather than using rusk. Taste-wise I will
admit to being initially
concerned about the amount
of apple in the mix with the
cyder on top and the
inevitable sweetness, but,
the balance was very good.
A
good tasty sausage. Not sure
about use in a sausage and
mash for me though, but
we'll no doubt give it a go
in due course and we'll
report back...
Certainly a sausage with a
difference and would really
be worth a try!!
Musk's (Newmarket) - Pork
& Cyder
(Sep
2015)
Here's the
sample details:
95x30mm before cooking, 90x30mm
after.
63g before cooking, 57g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 5% & weight
loss of approx 9%.
6 sausages in a 384g pack £3.49
(£9.08/kg).
www.musks.com