scotch egg
a hardboiled egg encased in sausage meat, rolled in breadcrumbs and then fried. fried. fried.
scotch egg recipe
6 hard-boiled eggs, well chilled (i try to cook them to just past soft
boiled stage, then stick them in the coldest part of the fridge to
firm up)
1 pound good quality sausage meat (i used ground turkey meat, seasoned
with sage, white pepper, salt and a tiny bit of maple syrup)
1/2 cup AP flour
1-2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup panko-style bread crumbs
Vegetable oil for frying
peel eggs; divide sausage into 6 portions.
roll each egg in flour then press and shape a portion of the sausage
around each egg.
dip sausage-wrapped eggs into beaten egg and roll in panko.
heat oil to 350˚F .
cook each egg for 4-5 minutes (longer if shallow frying--constantly
turn the eggs around for best results) or until sausage is cooked and
browned.
Comments and faves
manthatcooks, Charlesfuller, Rice and D, bunchofpants, and 584 other people added this photo to their favorites.
ddot. (80 months ago | reply)
perfect plate for this beauty. how did you deal with the frying...? i know its not you favourite task in the world...
maomau (80 months ago | reply)
wow, u fried it perfectly w/out the yolk turning green. love the plate. then again u always have cool dishware. :)
manthatcooks (80 months ago | reply)
Lovely perfect work. I love scotch eggs.
chotda (80 months ago | reply)
hallo miss saffron! you know, i haven't fried anything in so long that it was almost enjoyable frying these. shallow fry, had to turn them over once. flipped through a magazine whilst waiting for each side (4-5 minutes each)
maomau, you are going to see this plate again, i luff it much. i found it in a bargain shop, there's something wrong with the transfer of the pattern (the red and yellow lines don't intersect in the middle perfectly), but i like it that way.
also, i boiled the eggs to just past soft boil stage then stuck them in the coldest part of the refrigerator to get them super cold before peeling them--i was hoping the second cooking would keep them a little runny, but this worked out well anyway :)
ah, manthatcooks, ta. me too.
u m a m i (80 months ago | reply)
I love scotch eggs too, these look very yummy.
sugarfreak (80 months ago | reply)
Wow! They're beautiful! Is this a traditional recipe?
losanjealous ryan (80 months ago | reply)
NICE
J Mark Dodds [a shadow of my future self] (80 months ago | reply)
Well sliced.
Scotch eggs. Mmmmmhhhhaha,
YOU do some great food stuff.
pengrin™ (80 months ago | reply)
OMG -- that looks so good...
*hui-mei-98 (80 months ago | reply)
oh my - i need one of these!! *0*
Rice and D (80 months ago | reply)
These look amazing. And great picture, too.
vinia (80 months ago | reply)
Great picture. But I've never tasted this stuff. Hope to find recipe. I can try making some of these.
finalgirl (80 months ago | reply)
mmmm...i'm so hungry now!
:)
The Dafinator (80 months ago | reply)
oh my i love this... my mom used to make it!
bunchofpants (80 months ago | reply)
Wow, that's a little work of art.
chotda (80 months ago | reply)
umami, these were quite yummy--i used a homemade sausage using turkey meat and seasoned with dried sage, white pepper and salt.
sugarfreak, i've heard it's a traditional scottish recipe. i don't know a single scot who eats them, though! in england i've seen these sort of prepackaged mini ones that are cute, but have some sort of dodgy egg salad filling. these are PERFECT for bento, because they are very good at room temperature/cold.
ryan, i'll make sure to have some of these for you when i get back to la
dodds, oh no, you're laughing. does this qualify as pub grub?
pengrin, it's great! compact and portable.
kate, they're a little unwieldy to eat (really, when did eggs get so big? i think these must've been originally made with very small eggs), but sort of like a more compact and tastier breakfast sandwich.
amy, one is all you need :)
rice and d, thanks! you should try one, they're quite tasty.
vinia, i'll post the recipe in the description soon.
finalgirl, after eating one of these, you won't be hungry for a very long time--they are quite filling.
daphne, wow, my mom would find the whole shaping and breading thing too tedious. lucky girl.
bunch, it's like a little pop art meatloaf!
The Original Sean (80 months ago | reply)
I am so gonna cook these tomorrow!
DonnaGrayson (80 months ago | reply)
Looks wonderful !
belsandy [deleted] (80 months ago | reply)
i love eggs and this is awesome! just wondering why u need to roll the eggs in flour first before wrapping with the meat? do they stick better this way?
Peace Dog (80 months ago | reply)
Damn, my favorite restaraunt that isn't open anymore, used to have the best scotch eggs, seeing these just brought back an old craving
:( Well done !!!
losanjealous ryan (80 months ago | reply)
i love scotch eggs - haven't had them in forever. and hey! next time you get back in town i gotta give you all your lemon dishes back!
noodlepie (80 months ago | reply)
And now for your next trick
www.blogjam.com/2005/05/15/scotch-ostrich-egg /
colorfulexpressions (80 months ago | reply)
I can just taste this photo . . . thanks for sharing!
colorfulexpressions (80 months ago | reply)
Well, look at that! You're #1 on Explore/Interestingness CALENDAR right now! Guess those flickrites must have made your recipe!!! Yummmmmmeee!
chotda (80 months ago | reply)
beanrunner, take photos!
donna, they were :)
belsandy, you need to roll the eggs in flour so the sausage meat sticks to the egg. i've seen some made where they don't use flour (sometimes egg, sometimes nothing), and you get a big gap where the egg sort of rolls around in the sausage meat like a trapped hamster in an exercise ball. i personally prefer that there isn't a gap.
peacedog, wow, where was this restaurant?
ryan, i'll fill them with stuff for you :)
pieman, oh my giddy aunt. wtf??? how do you bite into that?
colorful, thanks for looking!
mandyonearth [deleted] (80 months ago | reply)
Yummy I havn't seen scotch eggs in years. Excelent shot !
chotda (80 months ago | reply)
colorful, funny, people must be hungry today! thanks for letting me know.
mandy, thanks! they're still yummy :)
Jess Hutch (80 months ago | reply)
My stomach is rumbling now! Great shot!
AZTransplant/Nicki (80 months ago | reply)
Thanks for posting this. I live in the U.S. and have not heard of these, but they look delicious! I'll print your receipe so I can try them sometime!
Splintar (80 months ago | reply)
never seen anything like this. very interesting and I'd like to try it
Adrian MB (80 months ago | reply)
This gets a trophy!
un-understand (80 months ago | reply)
I ate a scotch egg, the first in ages, on a road trip yesterday (the day of your photo in flickr's interestingness calendar). Freaky!
bobparsisson (80 months ago | reply)
you should try the free range egg and sosmix version......still fab and cruilty free.................nice......mmmmmmmmmmmm.. ...........
Robert Gebhard (80 months ago | reply)
looks delicious!
seen at explore/intresting/2006/10/24
Lina's Photography (80 months ago | reply)
Yam, yam, looks so good!!!
I will try to make those!
It seems like an easy thing to cook
:) Will see if I can mess this one up :)
Purrrpl_Haze (80 months ago | reply)
Looks tasty!
Chocolate Quilt Mom (80 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is one of the most curious things I've seen today!
Great photo!
Paul Octavious (80 months ago | reply)
chotda grats on the number one pic of the day ; ) this looks tasty
Dominik Truschner (80 months ago | reply)
Wonderful recipe! I have another one: Boiled eggs (but not hard boiled!) coated with breadcrumbs. I'll put the recipe and a picture next time I make this.
But it's a little bit tricky... ;-)
chicka boom (80 months ago | reply)
Congratulations! This image is currently (or was recently) one of
Flickr's Top 10 most interesting photos for 24 Oct 2006. (It is/was on
page one of the calendar view.) Would you please add it to the Top 10
Interestingness pool? It would be a great addition!
rehmansa_ff (80 months ago | reply)
Congrats....You have done it very nicely .We are waiting for another.
chotda (80 months ago | reply)
seriously, flickrites the world over have a case of the munchies today....
WisDoc (80 months ago | reply)
Wow, this looks so delicious! I've had scotch eggs before and I crave them!! Thank you so much for sharing the recipte - I will be happily making them soon!!
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Seen in the interestingness archives. (?)
mobtownblues (80 months ago | reply)
Mmmm, scotch eggs.
Rachel (Sugarfreak) -- they serve them at Bertha's for tea!
sugarfreak (80 months ago | reply)
No way! Huh...but will that really make me want to go to Fells Pt...
mobtownblues (80 months ago | reply)
Why not? Hit Bertha's for scotch eggs, then over to the Horse You Came In On for some shooters and Bon Jovi covers -- rock!!
Neil Zone (80 months ago | reply)
Yummmmm!
I love scotch eggs - definately a recipe to use in the future :)
Thanks
filmwolf (80 months ago | reply)
I've heard of these before, but this is the first picture I've ever seen of them. Looks pretty tasty to me. Sort of a sausage omelet in reverse...
Pixelin Pictures (80 months ago | reply)
Mmmmmmm delicious!!!!
Pink Sherbet Photography (80 months ago | reply)
YUM!