Further Sossidges
Jan. 19th, 2007 07:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janewilliams20And I'm sure you're relieved to know that I just ran out of casing, so there will be a pause.
Wednesday night I guessed at the ingredients for Beef&Oyster Pie, and made a batch based on my guess and a recipe for a "Dubliner" sausage. Sandwich steak from the freezer, can of smoked oysters, beer, breadcrumbs. Ran the lot through the mincer, then stuffed. It made a very smooth mix, and gave me trouble with air bubbles.
Yesterday I got the real recipe from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tattercoats. I got it wrong. And Chris was due to come round and pick up the Sossidges that evening (and taste those produced so far).
Dropped into Sainsburys on the way home to obtain more beef - ready minced this time. A minor disaster here - no smoked oysters in stock! Phoned Chris - yes, he could (and did) pick some up for me on the way over. This mix was mince, oysters, onion, sage, parsley, red wine. Mince from the supermarket is MUCH coarser than I produce, and everything else was hand-chopped. So this version was the coarsest mix I've used so far, and gave me trouble in the direction of jamming. I'm learning.... maybe I should buy an extra, coarser, blade for the mincer?
And, as I say, I'm now out of casing. Will have to order some more, because before Burns Night I want a go at Haggis. And a lamb&barley one for Holly. I can give up making sossidges any time I like...
Wednesday night I guessed at the ingredients for Beef&Oyster Pie, and made a batch based on my guess and a recipe for a "Dubliner" sausage. Sandwich steak from the freezer, can of smoked oysters, beer, breadcrumbs. Ran the lot through the mincer, then stuffed. It made a very smooth mix, and gave me trouble with air bubbles.
Yesterday I got the real recipe from
tattercoats. I got it wrong. And Chris was due to come round and pick up the Sossidges that evening (and taste those produced so far).Dropped into Sainsburys on the way home to obtain more beef - ready minced this time. A minor disaster here - no smoked oysters in stock! Phoned Chris - yes, he could (and did) pick some up for me on the way over. This mix was mince, oysters, onion, sage, parsley, red wine. Mince from the supermarket is MUCH coarser than I produce, and everything else was hand-chopped. So this version was the coarsest mix I've used so far, and gave me trouble in the direction of jamming. I'm learning.... maybe I should buy an extra, coarser, blade for the mincer?
And, as I say, I'm now out of casing. Will have to order some more, because before Burns Night I want a go at Haggis. And a lamb&barley one for Holly. I can give up making sossidges any time I like...