Scotch Eggs...

[V8mate]

...with runny yolks.

Anyone managed to successfully deliver such an item?

Care to share your secrets to success?

[johnnywgk]

At a guess, as no one has replied, trial and error, try to (very) soft boil an egg, gently cover it in sausage meat/bread crumbs, then cook. Hopefully the meat will cook before the egg gets too hot, (i would suggest, cook very hot, so the outside gets cooked, before the inside has a chance to get hot) and goes hard.

I'm too pizzd too try this, but would welcome your results, (photos).

A nice photo of the finished item, cut in half with the yolk running out.

Might do the photo for you, but it will be done by photoshop, i'm better at that, piszd, than cooking, lol.

Good luck, great idea.

[WestYorkie]

The HB lads did a show on Scotch eggs the other week and I Think they just dropped the
Eggs in boiling water for around 30sec to just firm the outer part of the white then gently erm..GENTLY! peel your Egg and carry out the recipe.

Sure there's a youtube link or Iplayer etc. kicking about.

[hidetheelephants]

Scotch eggs are ambrosia of the gods. My mum makes great scotch eggs.

Why would you want one with a runny yolk? One of the best things about them is the portability and low mess factor.

[bonsai]

Hesten Blumenthall could no doubt rustle one up with a syringe and other paraphernalia, it sounds like it could have some potential, I think it would need to be served warm to work.

[WestYorkie]

hidetheelephants said:

Scotch eggs are ambrosia of the gods. My mum makes great scotch eggs.

Why would you want one with a runny yolk? One of the best things about them is the portability and low mess factor.

Thats one of the great things about a Scotch egg, It's a picnic piece.
A Sure AA staple food for next year when the weather may be milder?

[V8mate]

hidetheelephants said:

Why would you want one with a runny yolk? One of the best things about them is the portability and low mess factor.

It's the 'vogue' starter (apparently); a hot Scotch Egg, with the yolk still warm and runny.

It just strikes me that even if I could peel a barely boiled egg; I'd crush it trying to wrap (and seal) it with the sausagemeat.

[condor]

I'd have thought that the sausagemeat would be cooked separately, then whizzed in a food processor to break it up. Get the very soft boiled egg, wrap the sausagemeat around it, breadcrumb it and then deep fry it.
I don't know the method, but that one seems logical

[soad]

Never had one with runny yolk, always eat them cold too.

[Taffer]

WestYorkie said:

hidetheelephants said:

Scotch eggs are ambrosia of the gods. My mum makes great scotch eggs.

Why would you want one with a runny yolk? One of the best things about them is the portability and low mess factor.

Thats one of the great things about a Scotch egg, It's a picnic piece.
A Sure AA staple food for next year when the weather may be milder?

Ahhh memories of sitting in the rain (what else) at Knockhill, scotch egg and pork pie picnic. They're not real scotch eggs though:

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Scotch+Egg/

[whitechief]

Soft boil the egg then plunge into ice cold water to stop further cooking, refrigerate the egg and then coat in room temp sausage meat and breadcrumb and deep fry.

Just a guess.

[grumbledoak]

whitechief said:

Soft boil the egg then plunge into ice cold water to stop further cooking, refrigerate the egg and then coat in room temp sausage meat and breadcrumb and deep fry.

Sounds likely. It might even be worth putting the egg in the freezer for a bit (a la Chicken Kiev).

[Lost soul]

bonsai said:

Hesten Blumenthall could no doubt rustle one up with a syringe and other paraphernalia, it sounds like it could have some potential, I think it would need to be served warm to work.

It would take the Ginger tt a week or so but yes im sure he could do it

[bigburd]

There's a stall on my local farmers market that seem to manage it. OK not completely runny BUT very acceptable and they are are about the size of a cricket ball

Will ask next time...

[FunkyGibbon]

slightly off topic as I've know idea how they cook them but...

our local Indian restaurant does a Nargis Kebab as a starter. Essentially a Scotch Egg but wrapped in spiced minced lamb and then encased in an omelette. Bl00dy lovely - with a runny yolk too!

[V8mate]

whitechief said:

Soft boil the egg then plunge into ice cold water to stop further cooking, refrigerate the egg and then coat in room temp sausage meat and breadcrumb and deep fry.

Just a guess.

What happens to the yolk of a soft boiled egg if it's refrigerated? Does it stay runny?

[whitechief]

I would think it probably thickens a bit not sets, whether it goes really runny again when warmed I have no idea.

Edited by whitechief on Saturday 30th January 18:38

[Spitfire2]

Taffer said:

Ahhh memories of sitting in the rain (what else) at Knockhill, scotch egg and pork pie picnic.

Worst sunburn I've had for years was the result of a top day at Knockhill - 2008 Speedfair

[zetec]

The winner of last years Professional Masterchef did Scotch Eggs with runny yolks, they were quails eggs tho?

[sidekickdmr]

what would happen if you froze a egg, then wrapped it in meat then cooked it?