
Smoked haddock scotch eggs
- Preparation and cooking time
- Cook:
- 2 hours chilling time minimum
- More effort
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- 250g cod
- 400g smoked haddock
- 6 eggs
- 100g panko breadcrumbs
- Handful of parsley
- 1 lemon
- Enough oil to fry off the eggs
Method
- STEP 1Start off by boiling six eggs for 7 minutes
- STEP 2Immediately plunge into cold water and once cold place in the fridge
- STEP 3Ideally the eggs need to be cooled for a couple hours, or overnight would be perfect. This hardens the egg white and makes the process a lot easier later on.
- STEP 4Poach a smoked haddock fillet in milk for around 5 minutes to just cooked through. Remove, cool and flake.
- STEP 5In a food processor place the cod fillet, smoked haddock fillet, zest and juice of one lemon and handful of parsley. Add an egg and blitz.
- STEP 6Fold through the flakes of smoked haddock
- STEP 7Peel the eggs and roll in flour
- STEP 8Grab a handful of the mixture and press into your hand to make it flat. Add the egg into the centre of the mixture and roll the mixture around to cover it. Once all of the egg is covered roll around as a ball. Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge.
- STEP 9Repeat with all six eggs
- STEP 10Leave the eggs to chill for at least an hour to firm up
- STEP 11Heat a saucepan with vegetable oil on the hob (you can test if it’s ready by dropping some of the panko breadcrumbs into the oil. If it sizzles and they rise to the top it’s ready to go.
- STEP 12Remove the scotch eggs from the fridge and roll in beaten egg before placing into panko breadcrumbs and then carefully placing in the oil
- STEP 13Move around so that all of the scotch egg is golden brown (will take around 5 minutes)
- STEP 14Leave to cool for a few minutes and then cut in and hope the egg has stayed runny!