Scotch Eggs, 1

Ingredients

• 4 hard-boiled eggs
• 1 lb. pork sausage meat
• Tomato or brown sauce
• A little flour
• Seasoning

Method

1. 1

   Remove the shells from the eggs and roll them in a little flour, keeping them whole.

2. 2

   Season the sausage meat with pepper and salt, and divide it into four equal portions.

3. 3

   Wrap one portion around each egg, keeping the shape of the egg as much as possible.

4. 4

   Coat the eggs with beaten egg and fine white breadcrumbs, pressing the crumbs on well.

5. 5

   Fry slowly in boiling fat until golden brown.

6. 6

   Cut the eggs in halves crosswise, and cut a small piece off the ends to make them stand.

7. 7

   Stand each half on a round croton of bread, place them on a hot dish, and pour brown or tomato sauce round.

8. 8

   Garnish with small sprigs of parsley.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 510. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Scotch Eggs, 1 4 hard-boiled eggs. Egg and bread-crumbs, i lb. pork sausage meat. Tomato or brown sauce. A little flour. Remove the shells from the eggs and roll them in a little flour, keeping them whole. Season the EGG DISHES AND OMELETS 319 sausage meat with a little more pepper and salt, and divide it in four equal portions. Wrap one portion round each egg, keeping the shape of the egg as much as possible, and using a little flour to prevent it sticking to the hands. Then coat the eggs- with beaten egg and fine white bread-crumbs, Eressing^the-ewughs well on. Fry them slowly in oiling fat until a golden brown colour. Unless the Scotch Eggs coating of sausage meat is thin and the eggs are fried slowly the pork will not be sufficiently cooked. When ready, cut the eggs in halves crosswise, and cut a small piece oS the ends to make them stand. Stand each half on a round crohton of bread, place them on a hot dish, and pour brown or tomato sauce round. Garnish with small sprigs of parsley. Probable cost, Is. 1341. Scotch Eggs, 2 3 hard-boiled eggs. Seasoning

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