Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, scotch eggs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
We've fallen hard for Scotch eggs—the gastropub staple—cooked eggs swaddled in sausage meat, then breaded and fried. Sorry, doc, now we're making them at home. A scotch egg is a British pub snack consisting of a boiled egg encased in ground meat (typically pork sausage), coated with bread crumbs, and fried until the exterior is crispy and the meat is cooked.
Scotch Eggs is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Scotch Eggs is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook scotch eggs using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Scotch Eggs:
- Get 1 lb pork breakfast sausage, casings removed
- Get to taste Salt
- Make ready 4 whole large eggs plus 1 egg, beaten
- Make ready All-purpose flour, for dredging
- Get 1 cup breadcrumbs (I used a 50/50 mix of panko and Italian)
- Take Pinch black pepper
- Make ready 1 teaspoon olive oil or other vegetable oil
They're worth the effort for a Place the eggs, still in their shells, in a pan of cold salted water. Place over a high heat and bring to. Serve with lovely Scottish cheese & pickle. Contrary to popular belief, Scotch Eggs have nothing to do with Scotland.
Instructions to make Scotch Eggs:
- Heat oven to 400°F. Divide sausage meat into four equal portions, roll into balls, and chill in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to boil over high heat. When the water is boiling lower the eggs into the boiling water with a slotted spoon. Boil the eggs for 4 to 6 minutes (4 minutes for runny yolks, 6 minutes for creamy yolks). Meanwhile, fill a medium bowl with ice, cold water, and salt. When the eggs are done boiling, transfer to the ice water bath and let cool. Once cool, dry the eggs and carefully peel.
- Next, get all your bowls prepped for easy assembly! Place flour in a shallow bowl. Place beaten egg in a second shallow bowl. Combine the breadcrumbs and black pepper in a third shallow bowl.
- Gently roll the peeled eggs in flour to coat.
- Rub a thin layer of oil on your hands. Press a sausage ball into your hands to flatten to a thickness of about ⅓ inch. Repeat to form 4 sausage patties. Place a floured egg in the middle of each patty and wrap the patty around the egg. Smooth the surface of the sausage so to form an even coating.
- Gently dip each sausage-coated egg into into the beaten egg, fully coating. Next, coat each egg in the breadcrumb mixture to cover completely. Place scotch eggs on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake eggs in the middle rack of the oven until breadcrumbs are golden brown and sausage is firm and fully cooked (the internal temperature should be 160°F), about 20-30 minutes. Rotate eggs if they appear to be browning unevenly. Serve hot or room temperature. Enjoy!
Although Scotch eggs have been around for eons. Scotch eggs have been really popular in England for centuries. So this Scotch eggs recipe is Scottish? No - nor does it have anything to do with Scotch whisky! Baked Scotch eggs combine two of my favorite keto protein foods - meatballs and hard-boiled These baked Scotch eggs make a fun, tasty meal or snack.
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