Spiced Scotch Eggs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

9 None eggs, at room temperature
3 slices white sandwich bread, crusts removed, torn
1/2 cup milk
1 2/3 lbs pork sausage, such as breakfast sausage
1/3 cup mild Indian curry paste
2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
4 slices bacon, halved lengthwise
None None Mixed salad, to serve

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 425\u00b0F. Place 8 eggs in a large saucepan; cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, stirring to help center yolks. Remove from heat. Let stand for 12 mins. Drain then run under cold water. Peel eggs.
Soak bread in milk for 2 mins. Add sausage, curry paste, remaining egg and parsley; mix until well combined.
Grease 8 cups of a 12-cup muffin pan. Line each cup with a slice of bacon, extending over sides. Cover bottoms with a layer of the sausage mixture. Add boiled eggs, pointed-end up. Press remaining sausage mixture around and over eggs until completely covered. Fold bacon over sausage mixture, securing with a toothpick at join. Place muffin pan on a rimmed baking pan.
Bake for 25 mins or until sausage mixture is browned and cooked through. Remove toothpicks. Let stand for 5 mins. Serve with salad.