Made Scotch eggs tonight.
-Soft boil 4 eggs. They should only boil for about 4 minutes and you might want to make extras the first time around because they're hard to work with till you get the hang of it. Chill them, then peel them.
-Mix 1lb sausage meat with 1/2 cup breadcrumbs and a handful of chopped fresh parsley. You can use Jimmy Dean or whatever, Italian sausage works fine, but officially it's supposed to be a British style sausage. Which is very hard to find around here. You can make your own from 1lb ground pork, 1 tsp salt. 1tsp black pepper, zest of half a lemon, 1/2tsp nutmeg and 1/2tsp mace (can add thyme and/or sage as well). Chill the sausage mix for half an hour.
-beat 2 eggs in a bowl. Set aside.
-season 1-1/2 cups flour with salt and pepper, set aside
-pour 2 cups breadcrumbs into another bowl
Assemble the eggs: flour your hands, then take a quarter of the sausage meat and form it into a very thin patty. Flour the sausage as needed. Roll one egg in flour then lay it in the middle of the sausage patty, then wrap the sausage up around the egg. Smooth it out and make sure there's no major gaps. Repeat for each egg.
Dip one wrapped egg in the flour, then in the egg, then roll it in the breadcrumbs, coating it very thoroughly. Repeat for each egg. Put the eggs in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
Deep fry at 325 for about 8 minutes, making sure all sides are evenly cooked. if you can submerge the egg fully in oil, it takes less time.
Can be served hot or cold, usually with some very spicy mustard (like Colemans).
Definitely not an everyday food but man oh man that is a tasty treat!
