Whether you’re a seasoned professional chef or a beginner trying to learn a new skill, there are so many benefits to making your own sausages at home. From developing new culinary skills to gaining an understanding of what ingredients make up the food you eat, there are countless benefits. Let’s discuss the many advantages of making your own sausages at home. 

What are sausages actually made from?

Sausages are a staple of cooking. They are popular around the world and in many different cultures. The main ingredient of sausage is typically minced meat. From this starting place, you add other ingredients such as spices, herbs, vegetables, and grains to give it flavour and texture. There are no outright rules for making sausages at home, and that’s the joy of it. You can use pork, beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, or a combination of these meats. Experimenting with what you like is the exciting part!

Great tailored flavour

Homemade sausages tend to have more complex and nuanced flavours compared to store-bought versions. Mainly due to the fact that you can completely tailor the sausages to your tastes and preferences. By mixing and matching different meats and seasonings you can create unique flavours and textures. This will more often than not leave you with an experience you simply cannot replicate with store brought versions.

Whether you prefer spicy, sweet, or savoury, you can create a sausage that perfectly fits your taste buds.

Cost effective

While the convenience of store brought sausages may be appealing, they are often times quite expensive. The act of taking the time to make your own sausages at home can allow you to save money. Buying a range of sausage ingredients, some of which you may already own, that can be used several times will save you money in the long run. This will allow you to stretch your food budget further and experiment with lesser-used ingredients!

Cooking is gratifying!

Regardless of any other reason, cooking should be something that you enjoy doing. Making homemade sausages is such a fun and rewarding activity, even if you are new to cooking! Once you have gained a basic understanding of how you form and cook a sausage experimenting with flavours and textures can bring vast amounts of fun. Being creative and finding what works is part of the joy of cooking and you’ll be a better chef for it.

What we offer

As we mentioned, nearly all sausages are made by combining mince or ground meat with a selection of seasonings. We offer a wide range of different types of meat available for home delivery. While it is not seen as often as pork, minced beef can make some absolutely delicious sausages that everyone will love!

Check out our butcher’s home delivery service to receive the highest quality meat at your doorstep!

Get in touch

If you’ve only just realised the benefits of making your own sausages at home and you’re looking to find out some more information about the types of meat you can use in your sausages feel free to get in touch with us. Here at Burts Catering Butchers we specialise in meat and have a focus on high quality and service. Give us a call on 01424 730417 or fill out our contact form. We’ll be sure to get back to you as soon as possible.