Scotch Egg Recipe

A Scotch egg is also known as egg devil and it is made up of hard boiled egg that is wrapped around in sausage meat and coated with Flour or breadcrumbs and then deep fried. Did you know that scotch eggs are originally an English dish and this recipe was created by Fortnum & Mason of Piccadilly in 1738? This is a popular snack in Nigeria that we all grew up on. It is widely known in other countries but has been very integrated into the Nigerian food culture that sometimes we think we created it. I remember the drives to Mr Biggs to pick up a hot scotch egg on our way to school. Those were indeed great memories. I hope you enjoy this simple scotch egg recipe. Ensure the sausage meat you pick is the same texture as the one shown below if not your scotch egg may fall apart.

Recipe for Scotch Egg

Ingredients

300g Sausage Meat
5 Hard-boiled Eggs
1 egg for coating (not boiled)
1 cube of Maggi
2 cups of All purpose Flour
2 cups of Dried Breadcrumbs
Oil for deep frying
½ teaspoon of Salt
A pinch of dry Pepper
3 Cups of water
Method: 

Season your sausage with Maggi, salt and pepper.

Boil eggs for about 10-15 minutes and set in a separate bowl of cold water for easier peeling.

Break and whisk the other egg for coating the scotch egg and set aside.

Peel the hard boiled eggs and set aside. Scoop and mould with the  eggs with sausage meat.

Dip in whisked egg then bread crumbs and finally in the bowl of flour. Set aside for about 15 minutes and roll again in bread crumbs.

Deep Fry in hot oil till brown and crisp on medium heat and allow enough time for sausage meat to cook through.

This should take approximately 3-4 minutes of deep frying.

Serve with a sweet Italian dressing.

P:S If you are muslim, you should look for chicken sausage meat or beef sausage meat for this recipe so you can make scotch egg appropriate for muslims 🙂 The steps are the same.