Scotch Eggs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 hard-cooked eggs, chilled
1 lb. bulk sausage meat
2 Tbsp. finely chopped parsley
1/2 tsp. ground sage
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 c. flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 to 3/4 c. packaged bread crumbs
cooking oil for frying

Preparation

Peel hard-cooked eggs.
Combine sausage, parsley, sage, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl.
Mix well.
Divide sausage mixture.
Press meat mixture around egg with hand, keeping the oval sausage shape.
Sprinkle eggs with flour, coating lightly on all sides.
Dip into beaten egg and roll in crumbs.
Heat oil in deep fryer or deep heavy pan to 350\u00b0 on deep fat thermometer. Cook one egg at a time for about 4 to 5 minutes until brown. Drain, cool and refrigerate.
Serve hot or slice in half and serve cold.