With UK Sausage Week taking place on the 26th October and the season for comfort food beginning, Signature by Country Range has added to its sizzling sausage selection with the launch of new Caramelised Red Onion Sausages.
Tapping into the appetite for familiar favourites with a premium twist, the new flavour gives caterers an easy way to add something different to menus without introducing unfamiliar ingredients or complicated preparation. From breakfast and brunch through to pub classics, loaded dishes and globally inspired street food, its sweet and savoury flavour profile provides plenty of scope for menu creativity.
An extension of the successful Signature Pork and Cumberland variants that were launched in January, these superior sausages have a 75% pork content with the addition of caramelised red onion providing irresistible sweet notes and depth of flavour. The flavour combination also gives chefs an easy way to premiumise established favourites. Think caramelised red onion sausage breakfast sandwiches, an elevated sausage and mash, loaded hot dogs, as well as casseroles, traybakes and globally inspired dishes.
Free from both gluten and the 14 major allergens, these succulent sausages come in compact 1kg bags that are easy to store and they can also be cooked from frozen to save time and reduce wastage.
Available exclusively through Country Range Group wholesalers, Signature by Country Range helps chefs produce menu masterpieces and now features over 30 carefully sourced, superior ingredients and fully finished products, making it easier for caterers to serve high-quality dishes consistently, even in high-pressure environments.
Rachel Porter, Country Range Group Own Brand Manager, said:
“Sausages are a huge part of British and Irish mealtimes, whether it’s a breakfast butty on-the-go, a full fry up, sausages and mash, toad in the hole, a comforting casserole or inventive, globally inspired mash ups. One of the great things about sausages is their ability to move with the trends. Caterers can take something customers already know and love and reinvent it through different formats, toppings, sauces and global flavour combinations. Caramelised red onion gives that familiar favourite an instant premium twist, with sweetness and depth of flavour already built in.”
“That versatility means one product can work incredibly hard across the menu, from breakfast and brunch right through to lunch, dinner, bar snacks and street food. Add in the ability to cook from frozen and they give chefs plenty of scope to experiment while keeping prep, stockholding and waste under control. Our new premium caramelised red onion sausages offer incredible flavour, versatility and are fantastic time-savers for chefs and professional kitchens looking for top quality and value.”
About the Country Range Group
With over 30 years of heritage servicing the UK & Ireland’s innovative foodservice sector, the Country Range Group is made up of 17 member businesses and 21 wholesaler – Birchall Foodservice, Blakemore Foodservice, Brook Street Foodservice, Charles Saunders Food Service, Country Valley Foods, Crowndale Foodservice, Dunns Food and Drinks, Europ Foods, Fife Creamery, First Choice Foodservice, Harlech Foodservice, Henderson Foodservice, King Brothers Foodservice, Kitwave (including Creed Foodservice, Total Foodservice and WestCountry), McClures, Savona Foodservice, Trevors Foodservice, Valley Foods, Waterdene Foodservice.
In addition to offering the leading brands from around the globe, the Group also offers a three-tiered own brand portfolio under Country Range, Signature by Country Range and Catering Essentials.
Widely recognised by caterers as trusted and reliable brands that deliver consistent quality and value for money without compromising on taste and flavour, the 700 plus products are all developed exclusively for professional caterers and cover grocery, chilled and frozen.
Alongside this, the Group recently launched its Clean Range Pro brand which features over 40 professional cleaning products which are colour co-ordinated, adhering to the British Institute of Cleaning Science’s colour coding system, and include QR codes on the product labels that link directly to safety data sheets for full product and usage information. Arming foodservice professionals with the ultimate tools to keep every area clean, protected and food-safe, the new range improves product visibility and consolidates the Group’s hygiene and cleaning offering.
The Group publishes its trade magazine Stir it up 9 times a year, which features the latest food, drink and industry news, Country Range brand promotions and in-depth trend reports and sector specific guides to support and inspire all foodservice caterers.
The Country Range Group has also entered into a three-year charitable partnership with Natasha’s Foundation. The unique partnership will see the buying group and its members work alongside the charity to raise compassion, understanding and crucially, vital funds, to help make food allergy history.
