Luxury Runny Scotch Egg Recipe.

If you’re looking to up the ante when it comes to cooking from home, this luxury runny scotch egg recipe is just what you need. Inspired by your favourite independent restaurant, Mac and Wild, you’re sure to impress at home with this tasty starter.

Adapting a classic recipe, this luxury snack is packed full of flavour. And although they may not look the fanciest, the runny yolk that pours from the centre when cut in half makes them a winning dish.

This recipe creates four extremely satisfying scotch eggs in 30 minutes flat. Enjoy it as part of a picnic, as a starter for a dinner party, or try it as a decadent lunch on top of a bed of salad leaves.

Makes: 4 scotch eggs / Prep time: 20 minutes / Cooking time: 10 minutes

1. Sweat your finely chopped onions in a pan for around 5 minutes to soften, then add to your mixing bowl.

2. Bring a pan of water to the boil and carefully add your 4 eggs, still in the shell. Once fully in the water, reduce the heat and let your eggs simmer for 6-7 minutes for a runny yolk or longer if you like a firmer yolk.

3. Whilst your eggs are boiling, add the sausage meat, mixed herbs, salt & pepper and spring onions to the sweated onions in your mixing bowl. Combine and make sure the ingredients are evenly mixed. Then, place in the fridge for a minimum of 45 minutes.

4. When the 6-7 minutes are up, remove the eggs from the heat and pop them in cold water to prevent them from cooking more.

5. Once cooled, peel your eggs and roll them in the seasoned flour. Once flour-coated, wrap them in the sausage meat mix to form a ball shape.

6. Once all 4 eggs are wrapped in sausage meat, dip them in your beaten egg one at a time, ensuring they’re fully covered. Then, roll in your breadcrumbs.

7. When you’ve fully coated your scotch eggs, put them on a plate, cover with cling film and pop them in the fridge for an hour to set.

8. After an hour, heat vegetable oil to 180°C in a pan. Make sure there’s enough to immerse the scotch eggs.

9. Add your scotch eggs to the pan one by one and cook for 10-12 minutes. The bigger the scotch egg, the longer it will take. Breadcrumbs should be golden and crispy and at this point, take them out and lay them on kitchen paper to remove excess oil.

10. Sprinkle with sea salt, add to your plate and bon appetit!

Top tastecard tip: Have three separate bowls prepped with the seasoned flour, eggs and breadcrumbs, so you have a streamlined scotch egg-making process.

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