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Scotch Eggs (British Wrapped Eggs)

Soft-boiled eggs wrapped in sausage meat, breaded and fried.

40 minutes · 4 servings · Moderate

Scotch Eggs (British Wrapped Eggs)

The egg is wrapped in raw sausage meat rather than a slice of sausage, and that distinction is the whole construction: the uncooked sausage meat tightens around the egg as it fries and holds it in place. Fry them to order rather than in a batch ahead, since waiting is what makes the crumb go soft.

Ingredients

  • eggs5 pieces
  • pork sausage meat400 g
  • breadcrumbs80 g
  • all-purpose flour40 g
  • milk30 ml
  • fresh thyme4 g
  • nutmeg1 g
  • fine salt4 g
  • black pepper2 g
  • vegetable oil500 ml
  • grain mustard30 g

Directions

  1. 1

    Boil 4 eggs 6 minutes; cool in ice; peel.

  2. 2

    Mix sausage meat with thyme, nutmeg, salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Flatten sausage; wrap around each egg; seal.

  4. 4

    Coat in flour, milk, then breadcrumbs.

  5. 5

    Fry at 170C for 5 minutes until golden.

  6. 6

    Serve warm with mustard.

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