Scotch Eggs...

[ummmm]

Anyone make their own? How do they compare to shop bought ones?

They look easy enough to make.....

[mccfluff]

nope i want one though. a nice hot one

[rowanwitch]

no comparison to the shop ones...slightly soft egg,,,herby sausagemeat crispy crumbs fresh from the fryer nice tomato and onion salad

[sallybb]

Much nicer, haven't made them for years cos OH not keen. The shop ones tend to have drier sausage meat, home made ones much more moist. Also look rustic. You can add fresh herbs and finely chopped oinions to the meat. Even chillies, .

[rowanwitch]

mini quails egg ones are good buffet food

[ummmm]

I'm def adding chilli and herbs. I'm not too keen on sausage so that should be an improvement.

Rowan....all the recipes I've looked at say to boil the eggs for 9 minutes. If you want a soft'ish egg hoe do you make sure the sausage meat is cooked?

[ummmm]

*how

[vodkancoke]

Home-made are much, much nicer and very easy to make....you've put me in the mood to make some now! lol

[rowanwitch]

1. boil eggs for 5 mins,,,, pre warm the sausage meat slightly this means it will go on in in thinner casing very quickly roll in the egg and crumb and fry in very hot oil... the thinner sausage meat cooks in about a minute leaving the egg firm but not rubbery

[scotman]

I have not made my own but saw Simon Rimmer show how on TV. I think the biggest problem would be the egg. You need to ensure that it is not too hard-boiled before you put the casing on, otherwise it will be overcooked at the end.

[EcclesCake]

The George in Chideock, Dorset make one with chorizo, it's lush.

Homemade are easy, but as others have said the devil is in getting your egg right. They are worth the effort though.

[ummmm]

It's Simon Rimmers recipe I followed. He's says to simmer eggs for 9 mins.

I'll see how they come out and can adjust it for next time. Wish I read this before putting the sausage meat round the egg....that wasn't much fun.

I will be cooking them shortly....I'll let you know :-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ipes/scotcheggs_85851

[ummmm]

They were lovely. I got a shop bought one as well so I could compare...and there is no comparison :-)

Rowan - I served it with toms and onion

[looobylooo]

hmmmmm.sounds.delish!
i.might.have.to.have.a.go.at.making.them!

(sorry.space.bar.not.working)

[ummmm]

Haha...

Dead easy. I put a chilli in as well....I might put two in next time :-)

[looobylooo]

oooh.send.one.over.ummmm!

[coriander2]

I prefer to cook mine in the oven rather than fry them I find they keep a better shape.

[rowanwitch]

problem with doing them in the oven is the egg gets overcooked there is anothe way where you crack a raw egg into a sausage meat shell and bake not a scotch egg but nice all the same I used to do mine in muffin pans

[ummmm]

I might try those Hollow....my friend sent me a youtube clip of them ;-)

Probably wouldn't like them myself....but the boys would.

[mightyWBA]

I make my own every Christmas...It's tradition!
They're much better than the ones you get in the shops...Yummy :-)