Scotch egg

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A Scotch egg consists of a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in bread crumbs and baked or deep-fried.

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Origin

The London department store Fortnum & Mason claims to have invented Scotch eggs in 1738, but they may have been inspired by the Mughlai dish nargisi kofta ("Narcissus meatballs").

The earliest printed recipe appears in the 1809 edition of Maria Rundell's A New System of Domestic Cookery. Rundell, as well as other 19th-century authors, served them hot, with gravy.

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Serving

Scotch eggs are a common picnic food. In the United Kingdom packaged Scotch eggs are available in supermarkets, corner shops and motorway service stations. Miniature versions are also widely available, sold as "mini scotch eggs" "savoury eggs", "picnic eggs", "party eggs", "snack eggs", "egg bites" or similar. These contain chopped egg or a quail's egg, rather than a whole chicken egg, and sometimes contain mayonnaise or chopped bacon.

In the United States, many "British-style" pubs and eateries serve Scotch eggs, usually served hot with dipping sauces such as ranch dressing, hot sauce, or hot mustard sauce. At the Minnesota State Fair Scotch eggs are served on a stick. Scotch eggs are available at most Renaissance Festivals from Maryland to Texas.

In the Netherlands and Belgium, Scotch eggs may also be called vogelnestje ("little bird's nest") because they contain an egg or eierbal ("eggball"). In Italy they are known as polpettone, consisting of a meatloaf filled with eggs.

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Regional variations

Several local variations exist. The Manchester egg uses a pickled egg wrapped in a mixture of pork meat and Lancashire black pudding, and the Worcester Egg uses an egg pickled in Worcestershire sauce and clad in a mixture of local sausage meat and white pudding.

In the Netherlands a similar snack item called an eierbal (literally "egg ball") is served hot, mostly in the northern and eastern regions of the country.

In Hungary, there is a loaf sausage called Stefánia-vagdalt, it is either served hot with mashed potato or cold with salads.

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See also

• Kwek-kwek
• Jalapeño popper, a similar dish involving Jalapeño pepper.

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References

Source of article : Wikipedia