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Scottish Eggs

Scottish Eggs, or Scotch Eggs, are quite old-fashioned, yet delicious!

They are ideal as one of your quick dinner recipes and leftovers are great in lunch boxes. This is a good budget-wise family meal. Scottish Eggs are perfect if you are after cold picnic food recipes. This variation is a baked recipe which means that you can enjoy it as part of a healthy diet plan.

Easy

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Serves 6

You will need a greased baking tray.

Ingredients:

6 Hard Boiled Eggs, shells removed

2lbs / 900g ground pork (sausage meat)

½ cup very finely chopped onion

1 cup loosely packed parsley, chopped

½ teaspoon salt

freshly ground pepper

1 egg beaten

1 cup breadcrumbs

about ¼ cup oil

If you have a processor, you can simply put the whole onion and parsley in and give it a blitz.

Method:

Heat the oven to 350° F / 180° C.
Combine the sausage meat, onion, parsley, salt and pepper.
Take a handful of the mixture and wrap it around one of the eggs, making sure that the egg is well encased and resembles a neat ball. Repeat for the remaining eggs.
Dip the first ball in the beaten egg and then in the breadcrumbs. Smother your hands with oil and gently coat the ball. Roll in breadcrumbs again. Place on the greased baking tray.
Bake for about 40 minutes, turning once after 20 minutes. You may need to pour off any liquid that collects in the pan. Cook until golden brown and crispy. Serve with a big salad.