Musks (Newmarket) -
Gluten Free
I dare say many are aware of
Musks sausages from
Newmarket, after all they do
have a
"Royal Warrant" so
those from the "big house"
must have heard about them
too...
We don't need to go for
"gluten free" normally as a
family if totally honest but
a few readers have asked
recently about our views on
such sausages, so not
wanting to disappoint here's
our spin on Musks 75% pork
gluten free porkers.
You'll find them in the
green coloured Musks card
cover in the display no
doubt. You'll also
notice a "Dairy Free" tag
which perhaps will be of
interest to those who need
to be aware of such, however
comparing the ingredients to
a standard pack of Musks I'm
not sure what this refers
to? The six sausages
in a 384g pack do look
pretty good though in the
raw with good colouring and
nicely filled very good
natural skins. They say they
are made in small batches,
which is nice to know.
To remove the gluten, the
recipe utilises cooked rice
to replace the bread element
in the regular mix. The
texture as it happens is
pretty good, but did appear
slightly more "chunky" than
I was expecting. Fair
succulence was noticed, and
the taste was OK.
Having previously tried the
regular Newmarket ones I'm
sure I wouldn't be able to
tell the difference from the
taste alone.
Musks sausages do cook up
well and perform well pan
cooked. We do tend to
cook this way at home rather
than grill as we find
sausages in general do dry
slightly more so than pan
frying, however whichever
way you choose, either to
fry, grill or oven bake, all
methods do work OK with
these. BTW: Although
Musks provide no indication
on the card cover,
barbequing does work, but
we've seen best results to
pan fry initially then move
them to the BBQ grill to
finish.
OK we did note quite a bit
of weight loss but shrinkage
was acceptable. The
bite and chew were pretty
good.
In a sandwich they were
excellent...but then again,
oops! that's making them NOT
gluten free! Oh
dear...
We did like these and even
though we don't need Gluten
Free for dietary reasons as
a family, we would probably
buy these again.
Musks (Newmarket) -
Gluten Free
(May
2016)
Here's the
sample details:
105x28mm before cooking, 90x30mm
after.
62g before cooking, 49g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 8% &
weight loss of approx 20%.
6 chipolatas in a 384g pack £3.00 (£7.82/kg approx).
www.musks.com