Which pork for sausages?

tinner777 · 04-02-2012 05:12PM #1

Hi,
Excuse silly question. Due to work hours and kids I find it hard to get to a proper butcher so I was wondering what cuts of pork should I be using to make sausages. In tesco's I could only see loin chops, escalopes and belly pork strips? Any advice gladly accepted. Thanks

brian ireland · 04-02-2012 05:54PM

You should get some shoulder meat (60%) and and some belly(40%) from your butcher. Or more shoulder if you want a bit of a bite in your sausage.

If you use all belly, the sausages will be very greasy.

You could use loin chops but they are a bit too lean and too expensive.

trixyben · 04-02-2012 07:40PM

i have been making my own sausages now for over a month and alot is trial and error, the best parts of the pig is shoulder and belly, more shoulder for a leaner sausage and more belly for a wetter type sausage (due to belly being mainly fat)...the fat is crucial though because if there isnt enough of it in the banger it will be very tough and most likely bust anyway when filling or cooking...there really is no comparison with home made ones compared to ones in the shop (shop sausages are around 50% pork, the rest is fat,rusk,water and preservatives!! i make mine with about 85% pork, you can experiment with loads different flavours and come up with some crackers!

Enjoy

tinner777 · 04-02-2012 10:19PM

i didn't see any shoulder in telco or dunes, so off to the butcher then? Thanks for your replies

brian ireland · 04-02-2012 11:23PM

tinner777 wrote: »

i didn't see any shoulder in telco or dunes, so off to the butcher then? Thanks for your replies

Ask your local butcher to keep you some shoulder and belly trim. If She or he is doing a decent amount of pigs and are not making sausages themselves, they will be only happy to sell you the off cuts. Don't forget to get small amounts and freeze them.

Which pork for sausages?

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