Happy Easter and I thought I’d introduce you to a favourite family food. The problem being, that when you hear the words ‘Scotch egg,’ you may think unhealthy and fried. Well not our version.

A Scotch egg consists of a hard or soft-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat. They are then coated in bread crumbs and baked or deep-fried. You’d think scotch eggs would be founded in Scotland but the truth is, they were invented in London back in 1851. In the Netherlands and Belgium, Scotch eggs are also called vogelnestje, which means ‘little bird’s nest’.

If you’d like to give our recipe a try, you only require four ingredients. The quantities below should make you six large Scotch eggs.

6 x Hard Boiled Eggs
2 x Beaten Eggs
1 Bowl of Breadcrumbs
2 tbsp Plain Flour
400g Sausage Meat

Making Scotch eggs is a family thing we like to do together. Think of it like a conveyer belt where we all have our own jobs. I’d suggest you go and grab four bowls and these will be used in each stage.

First, hard boil six eggs. We cook for 9 minutes, then run them under the cold tap. Give them a gentle tap and then get peeling. The remaining two eggs are beaten up into a bowl for a later.

Roll one egg in plain flour, this is to stop the next stage being so messy. You won’t completely avoid it though so expect to get messy!

The next stage is wrapping the sausage meat around the egg. Take your pack and cut it into six even pieces. You need to flatten one piece down and make it like a little sausage pattie. Place the floured egg in the middle and start to move the sausage meat around the egg. This can be messy and also quite tricky! When you are near to fully covering the egg, you will need to pinch the sausage meat together. Use both hands to form a round shape as best you can.

The sausage meat is then placed in the beaten egg and turned around so it’s completely covered. Then roll it in the breadcrumbs. You need to repeat this process again so back in the beaten egg and roll again in bread crumbs. We find by doing this step two times, you get a well covered Scotch egg and it reduces the chances of splitting once in the oven.

Place the complete Scotch egg onto a baking tray and repeat the above steps for the remaining five eggs.

Cook for 35 minutes at 190 degrees and there you have it!

Do you have your Scotch eggs with red or brown sauce? Red for me!

Try our baked Scotch eggs in between your chocolate ones, haha! Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for trying our recipe.