Thursday 17 January 2013

Scotch Eggs

On Tuesday night I came up to my Mum and Dads for a few nights.  Mum asked if I'd come and help her sort out some insurance paperwork (they had a house fire this summer - long story, wouldn't wish it upon anyone!).  I'm going back to work on Monday, so I  thought some different scenery would be good.

Yesterday we got a good chunk of the paperwork done which I know if making Mum feel alot better.  This morning we had some left over sausagemeat so Mum and I made Scotch Eggs.  This is quite an English recipe, famous in the summertime to add to lunch boxes and picnics!  My late Grandma always used to make Scotch Eggs, so I enjoyed this mornings project reminicing about my Grandma!

Anyways... here it is! 



You start with 1lb of sausagemeat, which you add chopped green onions, fresh thyme, parsley & garlic. 



Toasted breadcrumbs for the crust


Hardboiled eggs - we used 4

Seasoned flour with salt & pepper

Split the sauseagemeat mixture into 4 egual parts - this is quite sticky so make sure your hands are well floured & keep adding as needed
 
Flatten out your sausagemeat
Roll your egg in flour

Shape the sausagemeat around the egg.  Roll it about lots, and make sure all the "seams" are closed & no egg is showing

Continue with the rest of the eggs

Next dip your eggs & sausagemeat into a beaten egg and coat

and roll in the toasted breadcrumbs making sure they are well coated


Place on a cooling rack over a baking tin and bake at 350 for 30 mins, turning at 15mins.

 Fresh out the oven!!  You can reshape them while they are still warm, as you can see the top left egg has lines from the wire rack.  We forgot this step!!
 
 End result!! Scotch Eggs... mmm!! 

 
Scotch Eggs Recipe
 
4 hardboiled eggs
1lb sausagemeat
2 green onions, chopped
couple spriggs of fresh thyme
small handful of fresh parsley
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
small dash of pepper
 
Combine sausagemeat with ingredients above and mix well
 
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup of flour, seasoned with salt & pepper
1 cup of toasted breadcrumbs
 
Split sausagemeat into 4 egual parts
With floured hands, pat out sausagemeat into a circle
Coat egg with flour, and place into sausagemeat.  Form around egg, making sure there are no seams left.
Coat with beaten egg mixture, and transfer to breadcrumbs.  Make sure eggs are well coated & place onto cooling rack placed overtop of baking tin.
Continue with remaining eggs.
Bake at 350 for 30 mins, turning eggs half way through.
 
Perfect end to a busy morning with Mum... Jess cuddled up with me while I catch up on a few blogs!!  I love this little dog and miss her terribly!! But thats another story!


 
Till next time... J xxx

1 comment:

  1. Yummy, I'm going to try that sometime! Good luck on your first day back to work.

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