Scotch Eggs
Scotch Eggs
#1Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:09pm
Sounds horrific...looks horrific...tastes absolutely delicious!
Anyone else hooked on these or any other deceptively yummy recipes? I also love Adobe Eggs, which are eggs pickled with beet juice to turn them purple.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#2re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:15pm
So what exactly are they?
And my mom makes those pickled eggs. My 7 year old nephew can eat a million of them!
#2re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:17pmHow they're made: mix bread crumbs, bbq sauce, and sausage or hamburger meat. Dip hard boiled eggs in milk, then coat with mixture. Deep fry for about 5 minutes.
#3re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:19pmThe way I make them is to encase hard boiled eggs in sausage, then dip them in milk and roll them in bread crumbs. Then deep fry. Good stuff!
#4re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:21pm
I use a simpler, more traditional recipe.
Wrap hard-boiled egg with sausage (I use regular breakfast sausage)
Brush with egg whites
Roll in breadcrumbs
Deep fry for 7 minutes
#5re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:38pm
Mister Matt you have an authentic British recipe there, except to say you could coat in just beaten whole egg, and paybe season the sausage meat to taste.
Naughty, but nice!!!!!
#6re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:46pmYou may also like to try that other Scottish delicacy - deep fried Mars Bars. Particularly nice when fried in the same oil as used for battered cod. Created in a Glasgow fish and chip shop when someone accidentally dropped their Mars Bar into a vat.
#7re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:49pmI feel like deep fried anything will be delicious.
#8re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:50pm
I just think deep fried mars bars are sooo wrong on sooo many levels!!!
I think however American mars bars are different to British ones.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 3:51pmThere was a restaurant in Chicago that served Scotch eggs on their brunch- Oh, my. I could have sat there all day. Lucky for me it is no more.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#10re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 4:38pmI so want to try this. So do you crumble the sausage? I'm confused.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 4:40pmTake the raw sausage and form it around the HB egg. Roll it it some crumbs. Deep fry 'em. Let cool a minute or two before you wolf them down.
#12re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 4:45pm
Actually, it's true, American Mars bars are different to UK ones. I don't remember exactly what it is, but I remember being profoundly disturbed when I bit into a Mars bar in the States and it wasn't what I was expecting.
To the Wikipedia!
Oh, wait, maybe it was the Milky Way that confused me. You Americans and your bizarre names for sweets and chocolate bars!
Updated On: 11/12/08 at 04:45 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#13re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 4:51pm
What, no actual Scotch is in them?
Count me out.
#14re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 4:55pm
Hulmemann - I do have a very traditional recipe for Scotch Eggs, which called for more herbs and onion mixed into the sausage, but American breakfast sausage already is much more heavily seasoned than British sausage, so it was a bit overwhelming. I've learned than if you buy your favorite American sausage, you don't really need to add anything. 
Weez - American Mars Bars have almonds. The Mars Bars without almonds here is called a Milky Way. And the Milky Way Dark is one of my weaknesses. When in the UK or Europe, my favorite is the Nestle Lion. I also like the Cadbury Double Decker, but I never cared for the Flake or the Crunchie.
StockardFan - The best technique for me (can you tell I make these WAY too often) is to take about a quarter roll of sausage (Jimmy Dean, Owens, etc.), smash it flat on a cutting board, then gently try to separate the sausage from the cutting board with your hands with your palms face up (it's a bit tricky). You should be holding a flat round of sausage sort of like an unbaked pizza crust. Place the egg (don't forget to remove the shell!) on top of the sausage you are holding and with both hands, wrap the sausage around from the underside to the top. Smoosh together so it completely encases the egg and pat around firmly to even out the shape. Now you are ready to roll it in the egg whites and then in the bread crumbs. And to avoid any splatter, I use a large spoon or ladle to lower the egg into the hot oil.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#15re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 5:21pmOMG, I'm so dying to try this! It sounds divine!!!!
#16re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 6:08pmThey're like heroin. But without the needle.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#18re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 6:46pmI just use a pot and some oil. Just enough to cover the eggs. A medium-sized pot can usually hold two eggs at a time.
jayclay
Understudy Joined: 9/11/08
#20re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 7:02pmSorry, nope, no Scotch in Scotch eggs....Just drink the scotch while you're making the Scotch eggs, then move on to the haggis...
#21re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 7:26pm
DE- LISH!!!!
I love pub food... and nothing beats a Scotch Egg!
#22re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 7:33pm
I think I have to try this...
...with a bottle of Scotch handy, of course.
Sounds like it will need "washing down."
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#23re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 7:37pm
Where can you buy Scotch Eggs?
I didn't think they made Mars Bars anymore, do they?
#24re: Scotch Eggs
Posted: 11/12/08 at 7:39pm
...and Mars Bars without the almonds are called Mounds Bars.
...aren't they??
Not Milky Way.
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