Pork and mustard Scotch eggs
makes: 4 Scotch eggs
preparation time: 20 mins to prepare and 20 mins to cook, 30 mins to cool
calories per serving: 575 calories / serving
Ingredients:
– 4 eggs, plus 1 egg white
– 1 x 400g pack of pork sausages
– 1 tbsp thyme leaves, chopped
– 1 tbsp chives, snipped
– 1 tbsp English mustard
– 2 tbsp plain flour, plus extra for dusting
– 25g breadcrumbs
– 25g fresh breadcrumbs
– 1 litre vegetable oil
1. Put the eggs into a pan of boiling water, ensuring they are fully covered. Cook for 6 minutes then blanch in ice-cold water.
2. Squeeze the sausage meat out of the skins and into a bowl. Mix in the herbs and mustard.
3. Carefully remove the shell from the eggs. Line up 3 bowls. In one put flour, in another put lightly whisked egg white, and in the third put the golden and fresh breadcrumbs mixed together.
4. Dust an egg in flour, then take a handful of sausage meat and pat into your hand. Place the egg on top and mould the sausage meat around the egg until covered in an even layer. Shape into a ball.
5. Coat the ball in flour, dip in egg white then fully coat with breadcrumbs. Repeat with the remaining eggs.
6. Heat the oil in a small saucepan to medium-hot, or until breadcrumbs dropped in sizzle on contact with the oil. Carefully lower each Scotch egg into the oil and cook for 6 minutes, or until golden brown. It’s best to cook no more than two at a time.
7. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Leave to cool before serving.
Vocabulary
thyme leaves | kakukkfű levelek |
chopped | apróra vágott |
chives | metélőhagyma |
snipped | lenyisszantott |
for dusting | behinteni |
breadcrumbs | zsemlemorzsa |
to ensure | meggyőződni valamiről |
to blanch | blansírozni |
to squeeze | nyomni, szorítani, facsarni |
to remove | eltávolítani |
shell | héj, kéreg |
to line up | felsorakozni, felsorakoztatni |
whisked | felvert (tojás) |
to dust | behinteni, meghinteni |
a handful of | egy maréknyi |
to mould | formázni |
to shape | formázni, valamilyen formára alakítani |
to coat | befedni, bepanírozni |
to drop in | bedobni |
to sizzle | sisteregni, sercegni |
at a time | egy időben |
slotted spoon | lyukas szedő kanál |
to drain | lecsepegtetni |
