The not so humble Scotch egg is a stalwart picnic favourite and long gone is the day glow ,artificial sun tanned Scotch egg of old ,if you bake them yourselves. And oven baking means it is healthier , no longer will I eat a deep fried Scotch egg. I don't about you but I am clinging onto summer a little longer , there is no reason why we can't continue to picnic as Autumn tumbles in.
And cook for around 25 minutes adjust this depends on the thickness of the sausage meat.
- Ingredients
- 400g (14 oz) sausage meat I went with one that had black pepper and nutmeg in.
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- Fine dried breadcrumbs combined with mixed herbs.
- 1 egg, beaten
- Some flour
Method
Preheat the oven to 190 C
After you have boiled the eggs and let them cool, shell them gently ( good idea to put the waste shell in a dish etc as it keeps your preparation area clear)
Divide your sausage meat into 6 sections.
Cover each egg in turn with the sausage meat ensuring that there at no gaps.
Rolls the sausage meat covered egg so you achieve a nice round shape.
Then in turn roll each egg into flour next roll them in the beaten egg
It is a wise idea to roll the scotch eggs again ( if you wish)
After this is down roll them in bread crumbs and place upon a baking tray.
Divide your sausage meat into 6 sections.
Cover each egg in turn with the sausage meat ensuring that there at no gaps.
Rolls the sausage meat covered egg so you achieve a nice round shape.
Then in turn roll each egg into flour next roll them in the beaten egg
It is a wise idea to roll the scotch eggs again ( if you wish)
After this is down roll them in bread crumbs and place upon a baking tray.
And cook for around 25 minutes adjust this depends on the thickness of the sausage meat.
I read a tip which was to put a cocktail stick through them to stop them rolling about tin the oven.
Ideal for taking on a picnic just so happens I eat mine in my office , though my office just so happens to be a field.
