Oven Style Scotch Eggs

By LRay

This is another recipe I adopted from Recipezaar on Feb.14 2005. I've changed the recipe to make it fabulous. A delicious treat. Brings back great childhood memories. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 lb sausage meat, turkey, pork or italian sausage
• 1 teaspoon sage
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 8 medium hard-boiled eggs
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 medium egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups fine breadcrumbs, for coating

Preparation

Step 1

1 Shell hard-boiled eggs.
2 In a small bowl combine sausage meat with sage, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper and black Pepper.
3 Divide sausage into 8 equal portions, flatten each portion to about 1/8-inch thickness.
4 Roll each egg in flour and place on top of each sausage patty.
5 Use each sausage patty to wrap around each egg until it is completely encased, pressing edges together to seal (wet or floured hands make this easier).
6 Beat the egg in a shallow dish and place breadcrumbs on a flat plate.
7 Dip each sausage-coated eggs in beaten egg and roll in crumbs.
8 Place on baking tray lined with aluminum foil and bake in oven at 375°F for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown (turn every 10 minutes for even browning).
9 For a crispy crust spray very lightly with Pam baking spray before baking.
10 When ready to serve, line platter with lettuce and arrange Scotch Eggs, cut in half, among the lettuce.