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Air fryer scotch eggs

Name: Air fryer scotch eggs
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 5 eggs; 6 sausages (about 350g), skins removed; 6 rashers unsmoked streaky bacon finely chopped; 8 sage leaves finely chopped, or 2 tsp dried sage; 1 tsp dried mixed herbs; 40g plain flour; 50g-75g panko breadcrumbs; oil spray (optional); mustard to serve (optional)

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 4

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Prep: 40 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Make these extra-crispy scotch eggs with the help of your air-fryer. A picnic must-have, enjoy with mustard, if you like

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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5 eggs
6 sausages

(about 350g), skins removed
6 rashers unsmoked streaky bacon

finely chopped
8 sage leaves

finely chopped, or 2 tsp dried sage
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
40g plain flour
50g-75g panko breadcrumbs
oil spray (optional)
mustard

to serve (optional)

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal555
fat36g
saturates12g
carbs29g
sugars3g
fibre3g
protein27g
salt2.5g

Method

step 1

Heat your air-fryer to 180C. Put 4 eggs in the air-fryer basket and cook for 8 mins. Remove and plunge the eggs into ice-cold water. Leave to cool, then peel. This is easiest when the eggs are fresh, but don’t worry if you peel some of the white away.
step 2

Tip the sausagemeat into a large bowl with the bacon, sage and mixed herbs and fully combine using your hands. Divide the mixture into four balls, then flatten each into a disc about 10cm in diameter – it’s best to do this on a sheet of baking parchment to stop it sticking to the work surface. Set aside.
step 3

Put the flour on a plate, then beat the remaining egg in a bowl. Tip the breadcrumbs onto another plate. One by one, roll an egg in the flour, then place in the centre of a sausagemeat disc and mould the meat around the egg. Roll in flour again, then dip into the egg to fully coat and finally, roll in the breadcrumbs. Set aside.
step 4

Heat the air-fryer to 200C. Spray the scotch eggs with oil, put in the air-fryer basket and cook for 20 mins until golden and the sausagemeat is cooked. Will keep for chilled for up to three days. Serve with mustard, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2024

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