Dyeing hard-boiled eggs for Easter looks great (and its fun!
), but I have a better decoration for your eggs this year: sausage.
The Scotch egg is quite possibly the most scrumptious of boiled egg preparations.
Heres my recipe for crispy, juicy air fryer Scotch eggs.
What is a Scotch egg?
Scotch eggs are conceptually simple: Its a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage.
Then the hefty orb gets a bread crumb coating, and its fried to cook the sausage through.
The lucky eater gets to crack into the salty, meaty exterior and uncover a beautiful egg surprise.
Its a whole breakfast ball.
Outside of the basics, you’re free to modify it to make it your own.
Season the sausage with spices and fresh herbs you enjoy.
Add bacon, onions, or chopped ham to the mix.
Season the bread-crumb coating with cayenne pepper or sesame seeds.
you might have fun with it, or keep it simple to let the sausage and eggs shine.
Boil your eggs
However you like to boil your eggs will be the best way to do it.
I usually steam my eggs for 12 minutes which leads to a soft-boiled, jammy yolk.
Cool the eggs and peel them.
Add ground sausage, sweet or hot is up to you.
Add salt and seasonings and mix it until well combined.
Wrap the eggs
Add some flour to a bowl, about a half cup.
Roll each egg in the flour to get a light coating.
This helps the sausage cling to the egg.
Lay out a sheet of plastic cling wrap.
Put one of the sausage portions on the wrap and place another sheet on top.
Smash the sausage out into a six-inch patty.
It doesnt have to be perfect; eggs are oblong anyway.
Peel off the top layer and place a floured egg in the center.
Lift up the edges of the plastic wrap to help encase the egg in sausage.
Coat the outside in breadcrumbs
You should have excess flour in one bowl already from initially coating the eggs.
Beat a raw egg in another bowl.
Add breadcrumbs to a third bowl.
Season the breadcrumbs with salt and any other herbs or spices you like.
Return the egg to the wire rack and repeat the breading with the remaining eggs.
If you dont have an oil spritzer, you might gently daub oil on with a pastry brush.
you’re able to use a thermometer to test the sausage layer for doneness.
Mine were up to temperature, 160F for pork, after 20 minutes.
(Check herefor the temperature depending on the sausage meat.)
Cool the Scotch eggs on a clean wire cooling rack for a few minutes before cracking in.
This recipe makes a fierce Scotch egg.
I particularly enjoy pork sausage mixtures that include fennel seeds, but you should use whichever speaks to you.
Enjoy as-is, with toast, or even with a squeeze of ketchup.
Finallyan Easter egg to get stoked about.
Maybe dont hide these in the lawn though.
Hydrate the stuffing with 2 tablespoons of hot water in a large bowl.
Add the minced bacon, sausage, salt, and dried herbs.
Mix until well combined.
Add the flour to a bowl.
Roll each egg in the flour to get a light coating.
Place the eggs on a wire cooling rack on top of a sheet tray nearby.
Keep the bowl of extra flour.
Split the sausage mixture into four.
Lay out a sheet of plastic wrap.
Put one of the sausage portions on the wrap and place another sheet on top.
Smash the sausage out into a six-inch patty.
Peel off the top layer and place a floured egg in the center.
Use the plastic wrap to help encase the egg in sausage.
see to it to pinch the sausage seam shut.
Return the egg to the wire rack.
Repeat with all of the eggs.
Flour is already in one bowl from earlier.
Beat a raw egg in another bowl.
Add breadcrumbs and the second half-teaspoon of salt to a third bowl.
Return the egg to the wire rack.
Repeat the with the remaining eggs.
Using an oil sprayer, coat the eggs completely with a layer of cooking oil.
Cool on a clean wire rack for a few minutes before serving.
