Churchgate (Old Harlow, Essex) - Classic Pork

Jason Drage who runs the Churchgate Sausage Company based at Mayfield Farm (Old Harlow, nr Sheering, Essex) certainly knows his stuff when it comes to making sausages. The selection available of some really good flavours has proven to be very popular. So popular Jason has just opened another shop in neighbouring Sawbridgeworth. We got the heads up about the opening, and managed to be the first customer purchasing a dozen Classic Porks for an update on our review...

The Classic Pork remains a superb example of a properly made and presented traditional pork sausage. 80%+ quality pork mixed with traditional flavouring ingredients loaded in to a nicely filled quality hog casing makes for a very good product. 

Jason tells us that the free range outdoor reared pork used is still currently obtained from a respected supplier in Essex.

The filling we note continues to be minced a tad finer than way back, which does give these sausages some firmness both in the raw and cooked up. This isn't a bad thing with the cooked texture becoming somewhat smoother.  Still a good bite and chew though. The natural skins are top quality too, cook up really well and the classic pork is still a great tasting traditional sausage.  I thought perhaps a tad sweeter in taste, but the troops said they didn't get that...

We invited some friends for a sausage supper tasting recently too, where the Classic Pork featured (along with other suppliers of course) and we can say that they went down really well gaining some suitably positive comments about taste and texture. We had to fight to keep a couple back to be eaten cold deliberately. Suffice to say, eaten cold they were very good!

These are still one of Churchgate's best sellers and we can see why.  These certainly are premium sausages! 

As an aside, the little shop in Sawbridgeworth has been busy everytime I've been past...just saying!

Go buy some Churchgate Classic Porks...you won't be disappointed! 


Churchgate (Old Harlow, Essex) - Classic Pork
       (Sep 2012 / Jan 2015 / Nov 2023)

Here's the sample details:
110x30mm before cooking, 110x30mm after.
86g before cooking, 82g after.
That's a shrinkage of 0% & weight loss of approx 4%.
12 sausages / 900g approx. £13.50  (£14.99/kg)

   






  
Sept 2015                                                         Sept 2015   

 
Sept 2012                                                           Sept 2012


www.churchgatesausage.co.uk

Unit 5, Mayfields Farm,
Sheering Road
Old Harlow
Essex CM17 0JP.

Tel: 01279 444 812

And now also at:

23 Bell St,
Sawbridgeworth
Herts., CM21 9AR