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Trussell's (Knebworth, Herts) - Knebworth Pork

You may know Knebworth for the nearby Knebworth Park that is internationally known as Britain’s largest music venue, and the British home of classic rock. Since the 1970's Knebworth House has held rock concerts at which the greats of rock, jazz and pop have all played. Knebworth Park as it happens also hosts a very good Christmas market event too...

Trussell's the family run award winning butchers shop has been in the village for over 120 years.

To make their sausages Trussell's use Blythburgh free range shoulder of pork, breadcrumbs, natural seasonings and proper natural sausage casings!

Blythburgh Pork, are a very well respected supplier based in Suffolk. I have previously read that the "Blythburgh pig is born in a straw filled farrowing hut located on the sandy earth of the Suffolk heritage coast. Its mother has a free range life style with the choice of being outside if it sunbathing weather or staying inside if it’s raining. Really being free range is as simple as that really, it’s giving the pig the freedom to choose to go outside or not." (extract from the Blythburgh web site)  So animal welfare is excellent we are told.

These Knebworth pork sausages are large at 140mm (but do vary a tad in size as they are hand made and tied) and do look excellent in the raw as it happens. So they should too with 92% pork. The makings whilst with a very mild seasoning do include rusk (containing wheat flour etc.) though so may not be suitable for those with a gluten free diet unfortunately.

Trussell's have put together a video of their sausage making (available from their web site) which we have linked here should you be interested:
https://trussellsbutchers.co.uk/how-trussells-make-their-award-winning-sausages/

Cooked up, good natural skins, no splits or bursts, and nicely browned. A little bit of shrinkage, but a noticeable weight loss though unfortunately. Not very much leakage of oil in to the cooking pan, so not entirely sure where the weight loss has come from.

Texture-wise, definitely medium, as the meat was minced twice this is what you would expect. Reasonable succulence and the bite and chew that were very good.

However, we did find them a little over salted. A shame I know, but, we as a family don't use much salt in our cooking, so we may be noticing the level more than other people and we'd of course be interested to know if others find the same. Please let us know.

Suffice to say though, these Knebworths are a very well made sausage at a reasonable price that you really ought to try yourselves.

Would we buy them again? Of course, yes!


 
 


Trussell's (Knebworth, Herts) - Knebworth Pork  (Jan 2024)

Here's the sample details:
140x30mm before cooking, 120x30mm after.
105g before cooking, 85g after.
That's an overall shrinkage of 14% & weight loss of approx 19%.
6 loose sausages (approx 500g) £5.25 (£10.49/Kg).


www.trussellsbutchers.co.uk

TRUSSELL'S 
143 London Road
Knebworth
HERTS SG3 6EX

Tel : 01438 812304

Hours of Business:
Monday - Thursday 7am - 5pm
Friday 7am - 5.30pm
Saturday 7am - 3.30pm
Sunday Closed