A mango & chilli chicken sausage made by Peter Timbs Meats of Christchurch has been judged the 2009 Supreme Award Winner in The Great New Zealand Sausage Competition.

Chief Judge Kerry Tyack described the sausage, which also won a gold in the Gourmet category as “a superb combination of chicken, mango and chilli, resulting in a sweet and spicy sausage with huge palate appeal. While other gold medal winners were equally well made, this sausage had the X factor, a quality that made it shine just that little bit brighter amongst the other stars.

“It had great visual appeal both uncooked and cooked, was deliciously aromatic and was generously full of authentic meat taste, given a dash of extra character via the addition of chilli and mango. “

The judges felt it was an exciting entry with plenty of mealtime applications and for this reason it will have broad appeal.

Mango and chilli chicken was one of 12 gold medal winning sausages in the competition.

Peter Timbs Meats sells their sausages from their Edgeware Road butchery and deli and through their website, www.petertimbsmeats.co.nz.