Sausage Review - Churchgate - Pork, Bacon & Cheese

Churchgate (Old Harlow, Essex) - Pork, Bacon & Cheese

Would you add a slice of cheese with your egg, bacon and sausage for breakfast? Or with your sausage and mash? Pork, bacon and cheese sausages eh?...we're going in...

Well if you are one to do McDonalds for breakfast you'll notice the sausage and egg McMuffin has a slice of cheese in it, so perhaps we're not entering a fifth dimension here with cheese appearing actually in a sausage relationship perhaps. From another sausage review web site in the USA that we are in touch with (sausagereviews.com), we note that it seems perfectly in order to add cheese (with jalapeno chillies!!!) to sausages over there!

Churchgate here in the UK do make some lovely sausages, so when Jason Drage turns out some "pork, bacon and cheese", let's say adding cheese is "normal" and get down to the sampling...

These sausages are based on the Churchgate Lincolnshire recipe, with approximately 10% bacon and 10% cheese. They cook up pretty good, a little bit of ooze though from the sausages in to the pan (that's the cheese no doubt) which can if you're not hovering over will turn quite brown and stick to the outside of the skins.

You'll notice some pinkness in the middle, so don't panic that they're undercooked, it's just the cured bacon showing through. Best not to just stab with a fork from the pan and munch, as the hot cheese forms a pocket and could if you're unlucky singe your lips...

These sausages are "different" in flavour and although I did like them in a sandwich, with a sausage and mash for instance, I'm not so sure. The troops here were not so taken with them unfortunately, but me personally I could eat some more. Really different, and really good.

Churchgate (Old Harlow, Essex) - Pork, Bacon & Cheese

(Feb 2012)

Here's the sample details:
105x30mm before cooking, 100x30mm after.
85g before cooking, 75g after.
That's a shrinkage of 5% & weight loss of approx 4%.
Not sure, I will check: 6 sausages £4.49 (£8.99/kg)

www.churchgatesausage.co.uk

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