Broad Oak
Farm -
Pork & Chilli
We noticed
recently "a bit of a change"
from Broad Oak Farm.
The packaging of some of
their range had been
replaced with a new style
that allowed you to see the
contained product, AND the
sausages are now in natural
skins!
I have to say this in my
mind is an absolute
essential. We're quite
discerning about what we buy
and I'm sure this is the
same for many others.
OK the stated
65% pork meat content is not the
most exciting in the list of
ingredients, but given the
changes, and the fact that
Broad Oak Farm did well at
the 2014 BPEX pork sausage
awards with a gold for their
Pork and Chilli sausage, we
thought we would certainly
give these a go.
Texture-wise they were
smooth to medium and did retain a
reasonable amount of
succulence. Skin-wise
they did cook well, far
better than those collagen
ones that we've tried. No
major skins splits but we
did have a couple of
eruptions from the sausages
ends where the skins
tightened down and shrunk
lengthwise slightly.
We know this doesn't detract
from the taste, but it's
annoying all the same.
We were hoping for a good
"tingle" from the chilli and
from the photo you can see
the chilli is well mixed in.
It was there yes, but not as
much as we expected. A
good tasting sausage of
course, and they were VERY
good in a sandwich.
We congratulate Broad Oak in
changing their packaging and
skins. Certainly the
way to go.
Would we buy again? Probably
yes!
Broad Oak
Farm - Pork & Chilli
(Sep 2015)
Here's the
sample details:
100x30mm before cooking, 90x30mm
after.
67g before cooking, 59g after.
That's a shrinkage of 0% & weight loss of approx
7%.
6 sausages in a 400g pack. £2.49
(£6.23/kg))
www.broadoakfarm.com