Take a Culinary Tour of Hertfordshire

Try a Gastro Pub, Tasty Sausages and a Sushi Cooking Course in Herts

Jan 13, 2010 Elaine Findlay

Hertfordshire is the place to visit to buy Braughing sausages, eat comfort food at the Fox in Harpenden and learn how to cook sushi and Indian food in Rickmansworth.

Hertfordshire, to the north of London and the south of the Midlands area of England, is a small county with a big speciality – the Braughing sausage. It’s also the home of the Saffron House which runs sushi and Indian cooking courses in Rickmansworth. Harpenden is the town to visit to eat wonderful comfort food at the Fox country pub.

Eat Delicious Comfort Food at the Fox Country Pub in Harpenden

The Fox country pub and eating house is found on Luton Road, Kinsbourne Green, AL5 3QE on the outskirts of Harpenden, Hertfordshire and is a prime example of a gastro pub that has focussed on providing good quality food, a varied and interesting wine list along with a fair selection of beers.

Offering both an à la carte menu and a “prix fixed” option, the food choice includes traditional comfort food like good old fashioned treacle tart and fillet steak in a pepper corn sauce along with more bohemian dishes such as pizzas and swordfish steaks. The dining room is open from noon with last food orders at 9pm. To reserve a table, call the pub on +44(0)1582 713817.

Buy Hertfordshire’s Speciality Braughing Sausage In Store or Online

One of the food legends of Hertfordshire is the Braughing sausage, named after a village in East Hertfordshire where the recipe was first devised by a village butcher, Douglas White, in 1954. It proved so popular with the locals that more and more needed to be made and by early 2010, some 30,000 quality sausages are bought each week.

So when in the county of Hertfordshire, why not pop into the butcher’s where Braughing sausage was first invented at D White Butchers, 15 Green End, Braughing, near Ware, SG11 2PG and buy some to cook up at home? If, however, Braughing is too far to travel, why not visit the website and buy Braughing sausages online? If living overseas, orders can be discussed by telephoning +44(0)1638 772474.

Learn How to Make Sushi and Indian Food at the Saffron House, Rickmansworth

Located at Silverwood, London Road, Hertfordshire WD3 1JR, the Saffron House is home to a cooking academy where the culinary traveller can attend a sushi making master class. Delegates learn how to source and prepare ingredients and then assemble them into delicious sushi. Classes last about 2 ½ hours and are very reasonably priced.

Other courses on offer at the Saffron House include a day long Thai cookery classe and a variety of individual or group Indian Asian cooking classes lasting from between half a day to two days. A half day group class would be ideal for a hen or stag party. Further details can be obtained by visiting the Saffron House website or by phoning on +44(0)8450 685848.

If these ideas for speciality sausages, gastro pub dining or learning how to make sushi or Indian dishes don’t appeal, why not consider taking a culinary tour of the nearby counties of Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire?

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