Weekends usually mean more extravagant breakfasts. I try a little harder and we can sit a little longer to enjoy the fruits of my labor. Scotch Eggs are not a quick breakfast…but they are worth the work.

Scotch Eggs are something you don’t find everywhere. These are usually for breakfast for us, but can be served as an appetizer with different mustards. On wikipedia, they suggest that Scotch Eggs are a perfect picnic food. I hadn’t thought of this as an option before, but these will be served as a picnic item now!

We have made these quite a few times over the years. They are quite delicious. These were particularly wonderful because Paul made the breakfast sausage for them the night before, but any good breakfast sausage would work.

 

Edit – Dec. 2024 – I have updated our recipe according to how I make this now. Finn asks for them regularly and I typically use the pork sausage from Aldi rather than homemade. I also make more eggs and we have less sausage around them. See below for updates.

Scotch Eggs

1lb pork sausage
6 hard boiled eggs, shells removed
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup breadcrumbs

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Break the sausage into sixths. Pat down each sausage into a patty. Roll the hard boiled egg in flour then cover with the sausage. Try to make sure the sausage covers the entire egg evenly. Roll ball into breadcrumbs. Place on a foil or silpat lined baking sheet and repeat with the remaining eggs.

Place eggs into the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Serve with a salad greens (spinach or Arugula) and good mustard.