Often it is the emotional ties we have to food that make them seem so appealing.

For Christmas this year I made Scotch Eggs. I knew I would have a little bit of extra time to choose an activity and was reminded of scotch eggs while I was cleaning out my recipe box. The holidays are actually a perfect time to eat something really rich because people are gathering and you can share it!

In my opinion, this is a really great dish to impress someone. I highly recommend taking it to a party, fried or not. They are absolutely delicious.

Scotch Eggs has a really cool history besides being something that my Aunts started making for Christmas. This became a dish that we liked so much there could have been fists thrown for it. Everybody remembers it and everybody looked forward to it.

This was something I remember so I asked my Grandma for the recipe. Because they tasted so good, I thought it was more complicated. It is just a little time consuming. I went gluten free with mine and didn’t fry them. An air fryer would have been awesome to try these in, but I got rid of mine when I realized they had teflon inside. I might get another and just use a paper filter.

So, here is the recipe:

Boil some eggs ahead of time. Soft boiled would be really good but I did hard boiled.

Peel the eggs. I think peeling is easier when they are warm but don’t burn yourself.

Flour the eggs.

Mix hot and sweet sausage together or just hot. (Grandma said hot.)

Roll the sausage out a little and wrap around the eggs individually.

Seal the sausage well around the egg.

Flour again.

Add an egg wash around the sausage.

Add breadcrumbs. (I didn’t have any so I left this out, they are still very delicious.) I think if you are going gluten free, cornmeal might make a very tasty substitute.

For frying: 350 degrees until the sausage is fully cooked.

For baking: I also did 350 degrees in the oven, preheated. I checked every 20 minutes and it took about 50 minutes.

Next time I think I will try making them with a leaner sausage.

When enjoying a typical holiday with family recipes that go back to manual labor and farming, sometimes they are higher calorie than what we may need these days. Sharing food with others is a great way to handle this, if you prefer to have the original recipe. Another option is to see if someone has made a remake that is healthier or maybe that could be you. 😊

Trust me, you will want to kiss the original creator of Scotch Eggs.😘