Scotch Woodcock

Name: Scotch Woodcock
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 anchovy fillets in oil; 100g butter, softened; 8 thick slices white bread, toasted; 8 eggs; 1/2 cup cream; salt and white pepper to taste; fresh parsley to garnish

A savoury British toasted snack of soft scrambled egg piled over anchovy butter on toast. Scrambling the eggs slowly over low heat with a little extra butter is what keeps the curds soft and creamy rather than dry, letting them contrast against the salty anchovy underneath.

Total time

20 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

Ingredients

8anchovy fillets in oil

100gbutter, softened

8 thick sliceswhite bread, toasted

8eggs

1/2 cupcream

salt and white pepperto taste

fresh parsleyto garnish

Instructions

Blend anchovies with butter. Spread on toast.

Whisk eggs with cream and season lightly.

Scramble eggs in a pan over low heat with a little butter until soft and creamy.

Pile scrambled eggs onto anchovy toast.

Garnish with parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

539

Protein

19.1g

Fat

37.8g

Carbs

31.2g

Fiber

1.6g

Sodium

447mg

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