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Scotch egg
A boiled egg encased in seasoned pork sausage meat, coated with wheat-based flour and breadcrumbs, and fried or baked until browned.
About Scotch egg
A boiled egg encased in seasoned pork sausage meat, coated with wheat-based flour and breadcrumbs, and fried or baked until browned.
Ingredients in Scotch egg
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- Pork sausageprotein
- Wheat flourcoating
- Breadcrumbscoating
- Vegetable Oilother
- Eggother
- Saltother
- Boiled eggfilling
- Pork sausage meatcoating
- Sausage meatprotein
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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