Scotch Eggs with Dizzy Pig Red Eye Express ... the new lunch standard (with pics)

Stormbringer

A scotch egg for lunch is hard to beat. Unless one improves on the scotch egg itself. After a great conversation with Dizzy Pig via Facebook, I went with their recommendation and added some Red Eye Express rub to the cumberland sausage and black pudding. The coffee matched perfectly with the flavour of the meat, and the paprika added some heat. This took the scotch egg experience to a new level, fantastic stuff.

This is also a great example of rubs not being limited to BBQ/egging ... although there is a slight irony in the name of what I made.

How I make standard scotch eggs ⟹http://wp.me/p7qSlA-1Nu

Adding some Red Eye Express. I did two eggs, one adding like this and another mixing up the rub into the meat before flattening. Both myself and SWMBO preferred the former.


Patting down


Finished egg
 

Dyal_SC

That's something I've never attempted. Gotta try it. Looks great and thx for the inspiration!

CtTOPGUN

 Never tried these. Seems a good way to use up egg suppies when I overbuy due to pricing. I always have sausage meat around anyway.

 Those sausages mentioned, are they breakfast style seasonings?

   Jim

Stormbringer

@CtTOPGUN cumberland sausage is a pork sausage with added pepper and sage. Specific recipes vary, the ones our butcher makes has sage, black and white pepper, nutmeg and mace. I believe that the meat is a mixture of pork shoulder and pork belly, don't know the ratio though.

leemschu

Awesome. Are these such a pain to make?

JethroVA

Great post thank you sir.

Focker

Smoked scotch eggs are the bomb.
Nice post.

Stormbringer

@leemschu they are straightforward, just a little manual dexterity required when wrapping them up. Have a look at the pics in my food blog.

pgprescott

I am drooling! Eggs, sausage, red eye ! Now that's what I call a trinity !

Stormbringer

pgprescott said:

I am drooling! Eggs, sausage, red eye ! Now that's what I call a trinity !

So I'll call it "The Trinity" ...

Stormbringer

Focker said:

Smoked scotch eggs are the bomb.
Nice post.

@Focker - thanks. Smoked scotch eggs are something I haven't tried to make. The shop bought ones I have tasted have overdone the smoke, so it kinda put me off. However, if they are "the bomb" ...

Do you hot-smoke the meat first before assembling the egg, or cook the scotch egg in the BGE using smoke chips? Or some other method? I'd like to give it a try, with the goal of having a runny yolk and smoked flavour.

paqman

Looking from here, it looks like you nailed them.  I usually fry them in a fryer.  You cooked them on the egg?  How long?

Stormbringer

paqman said:

Looking from here, it looks like you nailed them.  I usually fry them in a fryer.  You cooked them on the egg?  How long?

Thanks. I cooked them in a fryer, method is here ⟹http://wp.me/p7qSlA-1Nu

I was asking Focker about whether he had done this using an egg for smoking.

Focker

Stormbringer said:

Focker said:

Smoked scotch eggs are the bomb.
Nice post.

@Focker - thanks. Smoked scotch eggs are something I haven't tried to make. The shop bought ones I have tasted have overdone the smoke, so it kinda put me off. However, if they are "the bomb" ...

Do you hot-smoke the meat first before assembling the egg, or cook the scotch egg in the BGE using smoke chips? Or some other method? I'd like to give it a try, with the goal of having a runny yolk and smoked flavour.

I assemble, then roll in rub of choice, smoke at 250 or so until the sausage is cooked.  The yolk will not be runny, but you'll pick up a nice fatty like smoke flavor and ring.  The Scotch eggs I have had here, have all been hard boiled.  Ex's family made them a Christmas morning breakfast tradition, after opening gifts.

I am on board with runny eggs, may have to try the shorter boil, and then smoke.

Theophan

I've never made, or even HAD Scotch Eggs, but they've always sounded wonderful.  Your version makes my mouth water!

Decades ago, I used to make a variation, "Scotch Meat Loaves," which are what they sound: meat loaf wrapped around hard-boiled eggs, baked like meand they were served with a tomato sauce.  Might not sound great, but they were GOOD!  I bet the Scotch Eggs made with sausage and deep fried 

Stormbringer

Theophan said:

... I bet the Scotch Eggs made with sausage and deep fried 

Spot on.

Theophan

Stormbringer said:

Theophan said:

... I bet the Scotch Eggs made with sausage and deep fried 

Spot on.

<laughing>  Oops -- I bet the Scotch Eggs made with sausage and deep fried were wonderful!  Don't know how the last few words didn't make it to the post.

Stormbringer

Made some more today ... you know ... for the sake of experimentation.

First up I used Swamp Venom and Jamaican Firewalk rubs in two different scotch eggs made using a Cumberland sausage and black pudding. They both added heat, I found the Firewalk overpowering, whereas the Venom complimented the spices and herbs in the meat. However, Red Eye is still a winner for this meat, the coffee notes accentutate the nuances of the meat moreso than any of the other rub components.

Then two eggs made using Gloucester Old Spot sausage meat, this is a rich style of pork sausage. I used Red Eye Express and Pineapple Head. The clear winner was Pineapple Head, it added a sweetness and underlying warmth to the egg. The Red Eye Express however overwhelmed the meat flavours.

Lunch at the weekends is so much more fun with experimentation.