[homemade] Scotch eggs

Air fried scotch eggs. Last night’s (overall) successful eggsperiment yielding delicious results.

1. Soft boil (I did six mins) 4 eggs and plunge unpeeled into ice bath. Cook them longer if you want them harder. I like mine ‘jammy’. I might do 5 mins next time to make them a little more runny.

2. Carefully peel eggs after cooling, pat dry and roll into seasoned flour.

3. Divide one pack of jimmy dean sausagmeat into four (or use a pound of any other sausagemeat and season as you wish), balls, flatten, and encase each egg. I used a large ziplock bags cut into two pieces to help smoosh the sausagemeat into circles. Just big enough to cover the eggs. Seal any gaps. (One of my eggs poked through cos I encased a bit unevenly. Still didn’t affect the results other than aesthetically).

4. Dip each egg ball into beaten egg and then breadcrumbs.

5. Refrigerate them for 20 mins or so, to help retain shape.

6. Preheat air fryer to 200c/390f and spray each egg with oil.

7. Air fry for 7-10 mins, then flip once and do the same again.

8. Place each egg into wired rack and leave to cool a little for 10-15 mins.

9. Slice in half and enjoy with sauce of your choice, maybe a little salad.

10. Any leftover can be refrigerated and enjoyed as a cold snack the next day.