Scotch Quail Eggs

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These adorable little quail eggs are perfect for making into scotch eggs. Because of their size you end up with the perfect ratio of egg to sausage. Make up a batch and keep them in your fridge for a quick and delicious breakfast!

Prep Time: 60-80 min

Cook time: 10 min

Yield: 15 eggs

Ingredients

• 15 quail eggs

• 500g breakfast sausage or bangers

• 4-6 oz fine breadcrumbs

• 1 hen egg

• 3 sprigs fresh thyme

Directions

1. Fill a medium saucepan with water and add 2 tbsp of vinegar. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Place eggs into the boiling water with a strainer to keep them from bouncing around and cracking as they boil. Cover and boil for 2 min.

2. Remove the boiled eggs directly into a bowl of cold water. Carefully remove the shells without breaking through the soft boiled white of the egg.

3. Remove the sausages from their casings into a medium bowl. Add in the fresh thyme leaves and mix together. Divide into 15 equal balls, about 35g each.

4. Flatten a ball of sausage in your hands and gently wrap a quail egg in the sausage, carefully sealing around the entire quail egg. Repeat with all the soft boiled quail eggs.

5. Pre-heat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside for later.

6. Prepare two bowls, one with breadcrumbs in it and another with a well beaten hen egg. Dip each sausage wrapped egg into the beaten egg and then roll in the breadcrumbs to coat the entire ball. Repeat with all the sausage wrapped eggs.

7. Heat a medium skillet over medium high heat and add enough cooking oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Once the oil is hot, place the coated sausage & egg balls into the pan and cook until browned on one side. Flip and cook on the other side. Do this in a few batches so you don't overcrowd the pan.

8. Remove the fried sausage egg balls to the parchment lined baking sheet. Bake in the preheated 350F oven for 6-8 min.

9. Remove and serve fresh or allow to cool and store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Zhuzh it up!

• If you can't get your hands on some quail eggs, this recipe will work for hen eggs too. You will have to play around with the number of eggs and amount of sausage per egg as they are significantly larger.

• Serve with pickled vegetables, our favourite is pickled onions!

This amazing recipe was adapted from Jamie Oliver's Scotch Quail Eggs Recipe