Belly pork for my sausages?

leonie_2

Morning everyone.

Right i've got my skins, got the pepper and stuff. Even got the mincer and stuffer, just need to get the meat now.

I've seen pork shoulder for sale in Tesco but i've read that a good sausage is made with pork shoulder and belly pork.... where can I get that? I dont have a local butcher?

I have Morrisons, Sainsbury's etc but they dont seem to have it on display. Whats everyone else making their sausages out of?

thriftlady_2

I'm sure I've seen belly pork slices in Tesco. But, really a butcher is your best bet. If you have to make a trek to a butcher you can always buy a lot at once and freeze it (provided, of course you are not going to freeze the sausages). Some butchers do freezer deals, mine sell belly pork at £1.66 lb if you buy 5 lb at a time.

Queenie

:T :T Woohoo!! :T :T

You're going to have a hoot! :rotfl:

Ok, belly pork can be had in Sainsburys (surprised Tesco doesn't have it). Imagine a slice of streaky bacon that is almost an inch thick, that is what belly pork will look like. It may or may not have the rind on.

I've not really stuck to any set 'recipe' when making ours and I've just various combo's/ingredients so I'm not the best one to ask on that score! :laugh: Unless of course you want to try wild rabbit, belly and kidney? Or, male hen and rabbit? I've even used the vacuum packs of bacon bits, minced and added to other meats.

Good luck, leonie, I'm sure you'll have a real giggle making those sausages, I know we did

janeawej

i would definately make a trip to a butcher it may be a good idea to ring up and ask if they have what u want before you go, around here we still have mobile butchers vans which bring the shop to your door! m aybe you could find one of these or a butcher that is willing to deliver. it will be much cheaper and probbably better quality meat, good luck. Jane

Whitefiver

Hi

Our local Tesco sells belly pork, but we usually get it from our local butcher. I can ask for some that is a bit more fatty than usual, (which pleases him), and we need the extra fat as my DW often makes turkey and pork sausages.

Have fun and experiment.

Regards,

White

leonie_2

Thanks everyone, im looking forward to giving it a go. I'll have a look in Sainsbury's and then im all set!

I do have a local butcher, but I dont like him. He told me his eggs were free range and then I found out that the code on them meant battery! I dont trust him now.

I have spent fortunes on organic sausages, finest ranges etc, but im still not happy about whats in them, so heres goes for some proper bangers!:j

thriftlady_2

See if you've got a Q Guild butcher near you - they have really high standards, might be a bit more expensive though http://www.guildofqbutchers.com/

leonie_2

Ok im a fool....... I never looked on the butchers counter! Anyway i've just had a go at my first lot of sausages and they are lovely!! I fried off a little pattie to make sure I liked the taste and I could have sat there and eaten the lot!

I used some of yesterdays bread that I had made from freshly ground wheat as the filler and that seems to work well.

I'm going to dehydrate some cherry tomatoes that I picked up for 10p at Tesco and add those for pork and tomato, then maybe some dehydrated apple. Whoo hoo real bangers! :beer:

susank

Well done - I am so envious - did it take a long time to do?

leonie_2

Well not really, it took longer than it should of course as im a newbie. I minced just over a kilo of pork in a couple of minutes, then whacked it in the freezer to keep cool whilst I prepared the breadcrumbs.

Shoved yesterdays bread in the magimix along with the seasoning, just a couple of seconds and thats ready, then meat and breadcrumbs/seasoning in the kenwood to mix together. I added water as well at this stage. It all looked well so I felt encouraged lol.

Then back to chilling in the fridge whilst I set up the sausge filler (on the kenwood again) loaded it up and I was away.

Probably took forty mins of work in reality and I could have made loads more if I was experienced.

The difficult bit was trying to feed the minced meat into the funnel whilst watching how it came out the other end.... a two person job methinks!

Something else on my list of 'never buy again' things!

Lucy_Lastic

Do you have a recipe, or can you tell me what seasonings you used?