04-26-2009, 10:09 PM
Have you ever heard of a Scotch egg? It's kind of amazing.
Title:
Scotch Eggs
Description:
A hardboiled egg encased in sausage meat, rolled in breadcrumbs and then fried. fried. fried.
Ingredients:
6 hard-boiled eggs, well chilled (i try to cook them to just past soft boiled stage, then stick them in the coldest part of the fridge to firm up) 1 pound good quality sausage meat (i used ground turkey meat, seasoned with sage, white pepper, salt and a tiny bit of maple syrup) 1⁄2 cup AP flour 1-2 eggs, beaten 3⁄4 cup panko-style bread crumbs Vegetable oil for frying
Directions:
peel eggs; divide sausage into 6 portions. roll each egg in flour then press and shape a portion of the sausage around each egg. dip sausage-wrapped eggs into beaten egg and roll in panko. heat oil to 350˿F . cook each egg for 4-5 minutes (longer if shallow frying--constantly turn the eggs around for best results) or until sausage is cooked and browned.
Title:
Scotch Eggs
Description:
A hardboiled egg encased in sausage meat, rolled in breadcrumbs and then fried. fried. fried.
Ingredients:
6 hard-boiled eggs, well chilled (i try to cook them to just past soft boiled stage, then stick them in the coldest part of the fridge to firm up) 1 pound good quality sausage meat (i used ground turkey meat, seasoned with sage, white pepper, salt and a tiny bit of maple syrup) 1⁄2 cup AP flour 1-2 eggs, beaten 3⁄4 cup panko-style bread crumbs Vegetable oil for frying
Directions:
peel eggs; divide sausage into 6 portions. roll each egg in flour then press and shape a portion of the sausage around each egg. dip sausage-wrapped eggs into beaten egg and roll in panko. heat oil to 350˿F . cook each egg for 4-5 minutes (longer if shallow frying--constantly turn the eggs around for best results) or until sausage is cooked and browned.