Scotch Eggs

Name: Scotch Eggs
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 eggs; 500g pork sausage mince; 1 tsp dried thyme; 1 tsp dried sage; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; 1/2 cup plain flour; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 cup panko breadcrumbs; vegetable oil for frying; salt and pepper to taste

Soft-boiled eggs encased in spiced pork sausage and fried in crispy breadcrumbs. Chilling the peeled soft-boiled eggs before wrapping them in sausage meat makes them firm enough to handle without breaking the yolk.

Total time

35 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

British

Ingredients

6eggs

500gpork sausage mince

1 tspdried thyme

1 tspdried sage

1/2 tspnutmeg

1 tspDijon mustard

1/2 cupplain flour

2eggs, beaten

1 cuppanko breadcrumbs

vegetable oilfor frying

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Boil 4 eggs for 5 minutes (soft-boil), 2 remaining eggs hard-boil. Peel all and chill.

Mix sausage mince with thyme, sage, nutmeg, mustard, salt and pepper.

Flatten sausage meat, wrap around each soft-boiled egg, pressing firmly.

Dredge in flour, then beaten egg, then breadcrumbs.

Deep-fry at 170°C for 8-9 minutes until deep golden. Drain and rest 2 minutes.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

259

Protein

15.9g

Fat

10.3g

Carbs

24.8g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

230mg

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