Sausage Review - we review sausages

Dunmow is famous for it's flitch of bacon...well these sausages contain some bacon in the mix, so expectations were running high when I picked up a string from Sweetland's of Dunmow...

70% pork meat (also some added fat we were informed) plus bacon, tomato and basil. A very good looking raw sausage I have to say. Lovely skins and all tied properly. Presentation matters. See the photo below.

Well, what a sausage! An extremely course / crumbly texture with a medium bite and a succulent melt in the mouth experience. The seasoning is just enough and the taste well, as far as I'm concerned, superb.

There's a slight salty initial taste from the bacon, then the sweetness from the tomato comes through with the basil. A good combination that works really well.

The skins cook up nice and make every mouthful a pleasure. We did however have a few split skins, but that may have been as I had the heat up a little too high initially under the pan. These aren't best grilled, so stick to sizzling them in a pan or oven baking.

I really must thank the business associate that recommended we try Sweetland's as these are a "stonkingly" good sausage and as such goes straight to the top of our leader board. We'll be buying some more very soon as I'm sure they will be brilliant with new potatoes, green beans and gravy.

Waitrose - Sweetlands (Gt Dunmow) - Flitch    (Aug 2012)

Here's the sample details:
102x30mm before cooking, 100x30mm after.
68g before cooking, 63g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 2% & weight loss of approx 7%.
6 loose sausages £3.12 (approx £7.64/kg)

 

Sweetland's
10 Stortford Road
Dunmow
Essex
CM6 1DA