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Scotch Eggs Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Place the eggs, still in their shells, in a pan of cold salted water.
  • Place over a high heat and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to simmer for exactly nine minutes.
  • Drain and cool the eggs under cold running water, then peel.
  • Mix the sausage meat with the thyme, parsley and spring onion in a bowl and season well with salt and black pepper ( I reccomend being generous with the black pepper).
  • Divide the sausage meat mixture into four and flatten each out on a clean surface into ovals about 12.5cm/5in long and 7.5cm/3in at the widest point.
  • Place the seasoned flour onto a plate, then dredge each boiled egg in the flour.
  • Place each onto a sausage meat oval, then wrap the sausage meat around each egg. Make sure the coating is smooth and completely covers each egg.
  • Dip each sausage meat-coated egg in the beaten egg, rolling to coat completely, then dip and roll into the breadcrumbs to completely cover.
  • Heat the oil in a deep heavy-bottomed pan, until a breadcrumb sizzles and turns brown when dropped into it.
  • Carefully place each scotch egg into the hot oil and deep-fry for 8-10 minutes until golden and crisp and the sausage meat is completely cooked.
  • Carefully remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
  • Serve cool.

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    " It was excellent "
    jenniferbyrdez ate it and said...
    LOve Scotch Eggs. Great recipe and very good directions. Thank you Interrupted.
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    " It was excellent "
    kukla ate it and said...
    Hi, GirlInterrupted :) I, too, love Scotch Eggs! When I lived in Glasgow, I found a recipe for Baked Scotch Eggs (I posted it, from "Scotland ON a Sunday" ) and I use all the time back home here (Canada) -- but the sausage meat and the bacon (streaky, instead of rashers) isn't quite the same as over there :) I tried a deep-fry recipe a while back but it wasn't quite like this one; I will try yours next time! Thanks :)
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