Scotch Eggs Meatloaf Recipes

ED'S MOTHER'S MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and then boil 3 of the eggs for 7 minutes. Refresh them in cold water.
• Peel and chop the onions, and heat the duck fat in a thick-bottomed frying pan. Cook the onions gently sprinkled with the salt, for about 20 to 25 minutes or until the onions are golden and catching in the fat. Remove to a bowl to cool.
• Put the Worcestershire sauce and ground beef into a bowl, and when the onion mixture is not hot to the touch, add to the bowl and work everything together with your hands.
• Add the remaining raw egg and mix again before finally adding the breadcrumbs.
• Divide the mixture into 2, and in the pan, make the bottom half of the meatloaf by patting half the beef mixture into a flattish ovoid shape approximately 9 inches long. Peel and place the 3 hard-boiled eggs in a row down the middle of the meatloaf.
• Shape the remaining mound over the top of the eggs and pat into a solid loaf shape. Compress the meatloaf to get rid of any holes, but don't overwork it.
• Cover the meatloaf with slices of bacon, as if it were a terrine, tucking the bacon ends underneath the meatloaf as best you can to avoid its curling up as it cooks.
• Bake for 1 hour, until the juices run clear and once it's out of the oven let the meatloaf rest for 15 minutes. This should make it easier to slice. When slicing, do it generously, so everyone gets some egg. Pour meat juices over as you serve or do what you will gravy-wise.

CHEF JOHN'S SCOTCH EGGS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Fill a saucepan with 1/2-inch water; bring to a boil. Carefully place cold eggs into saucepan, cover the saucepan with a lid, reduce heat to medium-high, and cook until eggs yolks are soft, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat and pour cold water over eggs to halt the cooking process. Cool eggs to room temperature in cold water; peel and dry eggs on paper towels.
• Mix sausage, mustard, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Shape into 6 equal-size balls.
• Lay a piece of plastic wrap on a flat work surface. Place 1 ball of sausage mixture into the center of the plastic wrap, fold the plastic wrap over sausage, and flatten into an 1/8-inch thick oval shape. Pull plastic wrap back and place 1 egg in the center of the sausage. Pick up plastic wrap, moisten fingertips, and press sausage around egg to cover completely, sealing sausage around egg. Repeat with remaining eggs and sausage.
• Place bread crumbs in a shallow bowl. Pour flour into another shallow bowl. Beat remaining 2 eggs in another shallow bowl.
• Gently press eggs into flour to coat; shake off excess flour. Dip eggs into the beaten egg, then press into bread crumbs. Gently toss between your hands so any bread crumbs that haven't stuck can fall away. Place the breaded eggs onto a plate.
• Working in batches, cook eggs in the preheated oil until golden, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, at least 5 minutes.

EGG-STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350° F. Line a sheet pan with foil (for easy cleanup) and grease the foil.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and smoked paprika.
• Add the ground beef, almond flour, and parmesan. Gently mix, just until uniform.
• Divide the beef mixture into two halves. Form one half into a roughly 8-by-4-inch rectangle (you can use a clingwrap-lined loaf pan as your mold, as shown in the video below) and place the rectangle on the prepared baking sheet. Place the hard-boiled eggs, evenly spaced, on top.
• Place the second half of the beef mixture on top of the eggs. Press it so that it adheres to the bottom layer. With your fingers, pinch the edges of the two rectangles together, to create one meatloaf. Pinch well, to prevent the meatloaf from bursting at the seams as it bakes. You can transfer pinches of ground beef to sparse areas where eggs are peeking or where it's difficult to pinch the edges together.
• Brush the meatloaf with ketchup.
• Bake until the center of the loaf registers 160° F, 50-60 minutes.
• Rest the meatloaf for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.

SCOTCH EGGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place eggs in saucepan and cover with water. Bring to boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let eggs sit in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool and peel.
• Flatten the sausage and make a patty to surround each egg. Very lightly flour the sausage and coat with beaten egg. Roll in bread crumbs to cover evenly.
• Deep fry until golden brown, or pan fry while making sure each side is well cooked. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
• Cut in half and serve over a bed of lettuce and sliced tomatoes for garnish. If mustard is desired it looks beautiful over this.

SCOTCH EGGS MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Stir together the ketchup, cheese, tomato paste, basil and oregano.
• Divide the mixture in half.
• Combine one half of the mixture with the onion, garlic, salt, pepper and eggs.
• Stir in the bread crumbs.
• Crumble the meat into the same bowl and toss gently until evenly combined.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Press half of the meat mixture gently into a 8" x 4" loaf pan.
• With the long sides facing you, nestle the hard-cooked eggs into the meat so that the tops point left and right; leave space between each egg.
• Top with the remaining meat mixture, patting down gently.
• Spread the remaining ketchup mixture evenly over the top.
• Bake for 60 to 90 minutes or until the internal temperature registers 180 degrees F on an instant read thermometer.
• Rest for 5 minutes.
• Drain off any fat in the pan and thickly slice the meatloaf using a serrated knife.