Lakeland Make-Your-Own Farmhouse Sausage Kit

I used the kit to make 24 Farmhouse Sausages - quite simple really when you get the right technique - split the mixed Pork mince and spices into three equal portions and have it chilled - colder the better. Bought the mince from a reputable local Butcher - so I know what the sausages are made of. Left overnight in the fridge then oven baked - quite proud of myself. Now to try the Cumberland.

I can't beleve some of the reviews about your sausage kit,I was given one for Christmas. I bought some pork mince meat, did what it said on the instructions, and I was able to make perfect sausages,I put them on my facebook, friends could not beleve I had made them, it's a pity I can't show them on this review.I am not saying it was easy, but it was worth while in the end.

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Bought the kit in store as it seemed such a good idea to make your own - particularly with the recent food scares. Read the instructions, watched the video and took note of the hints from the reviews. Dividing into at least three portions stops overfilling the bag which is quite sturdy. Keeping everything cool as possible and applying steady pressure and it all worked really well. Keen to try other flavours and considering buying my own mincer to help with the filling of the casings as the family love my sausages so much. Would like to see refill kits available. Great fun to make as well

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While daunted a bit by all the scathing reviews I took the plunge and bought the kit. I watched the video and looked everything over carefully. Then inside of half an hour I had a full set of sausages done. It went SO fast my five year old didn't have time to wonder where I'd disappeared off to! Addressing the problems others had, maybe they overloaded the pipping bag? Maybe they had e casing turned round so it wouldn't feed off nicely? I don't know! What I do know is that the mates we had over for dinner thought they were lovely, and now I'm looking at my left over 1/3 with delight!

I bought this kit mainly for the casings so that I could test run making sausages from my own pigs. I had read the other reviews and was not expecting much but I followed the instructions and the outcome was perfectly satisfactory. My tips would be to be ready to add more water to improve the consistency of the mix to make filling easier. Tie a knot in the end of the casing. Don't overstuff the casing. When you start to pinch them into sausages, start from the knotted end and leave spare casing at the other end to give expansion room to avoid splitting. I found it much easier than expected!