Real Scotch Eggs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 large eggs
8 ounces cooked ham
6 anchovy fillets
4 ounces fresh breadcrumbs
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1 ounce vegetable oil
1 ounce butter or 1 ounce bacon fat

Preparation

beat 2 of the eggs in a shallow bowl.
put other 8 eggs into saucepan of cold water and bring to the boil simmering for 5 minutes.
plunge into cold water and peel, this method will produce a slightly softer egg yolk but still hard boiled.
Finely chop ham and anchovies in processor.
combine this with the breadcrumbs, mixed spice some freshly ground black pepper and most of the beaten egg.
brush each boiled egg with the remaining beaten egg.
mould the ham mix aroung the eggs with your hands.
fry in oil and butter on a medium heat until brown all over.