Thyme & Oregano Scotch Eggs

My mom looooooves hosting! She always goes out of her way to make sure the guests she has over have the time of their life not to mention, an elaborate banquet to feast upon. She would make sure our food was set aside first and the rest taken to the dining table for the guests. I remember the first time I had scotch eggs was on one of such days. Mum had guests over, and before dashing out to play, my sisters and I were sat down for lunch. My little hands reached out for this unfamiliar brown ball. I was skeptical, and left it for last. Until my sister Kadesa took a bite and exclaimed “Ni tamu!!”. I reached out for mine, and indeed, I loved it! This new thing, that had both egg and sausage – things I love- was delicious! I later on learnt that they were scotch eggs and have been inlove with them ever since!

Today I put my own twist on my mom’s recipe and give to you my thyme and oregano scotch eggs. Mtapenda!

I made a dope vid to accompany the blog post. Do watch below, and subscribe!

PREP TIME: 15 min COOK TIME: 15 min MAKES: 5

Ingredients

5 eggs

10 pork sausages

1/4 teaspoon of dried thyme

1/4 teaspoon of oregano

1/2 a teaspoon of smoked paprika

A handful of very very very finely chopped dania

For the coating

1 cup of breadcrumbs

1/2 a cup of all purpose flour

2 eggs, whisked

Method

Boil your eggs to your liking (exactly 13 minutes for hard boiled and 8 minutes for soft boiled). I personally love a hard biled egg and I went with that. Once done, peel and set aside.

Take a bowl and skin your sausages into it. It is a pretty easy process and I showed you on youtube. Add the thyme, oregano, paprika and finely chopped dania and then mix it all up. The thyme and oregano need to be added in very small amounts lest they become too overpowering. Do not over do it. Add for the dania, make sure they are very very very finely chopped so that they mix in without problems.

It will look like this and it will be pretty sticky at this point.

Take a cling film, add two spoonfuls of the sausage mixture and roll it flat- about 1/2 a cm thick. Wrap the flatenned sausage over the egg and once coated, smooth out any crack or gaps with your hands. It is much better for you to watch this so that you see how seamless and easy of a process it is.

Because the sausage is sticky, dab abit of oil on your palms- kidogo tu- so that it is easy to work with. When you are done, all gaps or creases should be sealed.

Once that is done, proceed to dredge the egg in the flour, then dip on the egg, then toss in the breadcrumbs. Just three steps which I also enjoyed filming so much!. After they are coated, set them aside and prep your oil for frying.

Proceed to fry for about 2 minutes each side until golden brown.

Once done, serve it up. They look gorgeous don’t they?

I loved how the thyme and he oregano really shone! The thyme complimented the meatiness of the sausage and the oregano complimented that of the egg. They are very simple flavors but truly those that work so well together!!