Scotch duck eggs

Scotch duck eggs

Give an old pub favourite a posh makeover

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Makes 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Method

  1. Drop the duck eggs into boiling water. Cook for 7 minutes, then rinse under cold water and leave in cold water for 10 minutes to cool completely. Peel.
  2. Strip the skins from the sausages, then mix with the sage and parsley and season well. Divide the mixture into 4, then flatten each into a circle on 4 pieces of cling film. This will make it easier to form around the eggs.
  3. Dust the peeled eggs with flour then sit each on the sausagemeat. Use the cling film to mould the sausagemeat around each egg, ensuring there are no gaps.
  4. Roll each egg in flour, then the beaten egg, then breadcrumbs. Repeat with the beaten egg and breadcrumbs. Chill until ready to cook.
  5. Heat groundnut oil, no more than 1/3 deep in a pan, to 180C. Cook the eggs for 5-6 minutes, turning a few times until golden and crisp. Serve with HP sauce.
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Clever twist

Duck eggs have a deep yellow yolk with a creamier, richer flavour than hens', giving a more refined Scotch egg. Buy free-range for best results.

PER SERVING

647 kcalories, protein 29.9g, carbohydrate 33g, fat 44.9 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 0.9g, salt 2.04 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2011.

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  • Binder photo Nex

    04 April 2011

    Nex rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    HP sauce? is this advertisement?

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  • 04 April 2011

    maiyanis commented on this recipe

    It does not look like an advertisement to me, it's a serving suggestion

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  • Binder photo Nex

    04 April 2011

    Nex commented on this recipe

    could have said ketchup to serve or something similar

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  • 04 April 2011

    Teresah rated and commented on this recipe

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    Does it matter? The recipe itself is lovely. Duck eggs have a flavour of their own

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  • 04 April 2011

    woodycot rated and commented on this recipe

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    Why on earth would you want to ruin this recipe with horrible sauces such as HP or Ketchup ????

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  • 04 April 2011

    Martin D commented on this recipe

    My mother serves these with a herby tomato sauce (tin of tomatoes, garlic, small onion, fresh thyme or rosemary) and a dollop of creamy mash. Brilliant!

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  • 07 April 2011

    Maxine rated and commented on this recipe

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    OMG - you are missing the point = this recipe is YUM.COM If you don't want HP/ketchup etc with it - don't have it! If you think they shouldn't be favourable to HP while dismissing all the other sauces - just chill! Life is too short to worry about these things - just be merry and get cooking because these are yummy, with sauce or without!

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  • 23 July 2011

    hrmoroney rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing! Yum yum!!

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  • 10 September 2011

    Rhubarb commented on this recipe

    Great recipe- went down a treat and really easy to make.

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  • 09 February 2012

    clmbeck rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious, and so easy to make!

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  • 03 April 2012

    bluebell commented on this recipe

    Are duck eggs nice? Is it a stronger flavour than normal chicken eggs? Going to try have a go at makign these this week. hopefully my local shop has duck eggs.. Love Scotch eggs!!

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    06 June 2012

    JT rated and commented on this recipe

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    My first go at scotch eggs, I'm a real novice so found some of the prep a bit of a faff. End results were great though, I will never eat a shop bought scotch egg again.

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  • 05 January 2013

    Shelley rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made these Christmas Eve for our buffet. Served them with home made piccalilli all the family loved them!!! Everyone said they could never eat a shop bought scotch egg again. Couldn't get duck eggs just used free range large eggs. Amazing!!!!

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  • 03 February 2013

    Greglarr commented on this recipe

    With this recipe does the yolk come out runny?

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Makes 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 4 duck eggs, at room temperature
  • 6 good-quality pork sausages
  • ½ tbsp finely chopped sage
  • ½ tbsp finely chopped parsley
  • 4 tbsp plain flour
  • 1 egg , beaten
  • 100g breadcrumbs
  • groundnut oil for deep frying
  • HP sauce , to serve
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PER SERVING

647 kcalories, protein 29.9g, carbohydrate 33g, fat 44.9 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 0.9g, salt 2.04 g

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