Matt’s Mighty Scotch Egg

Directions

1. Pre heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.
2. Fill a saucepan with water enough to cover 12 eggs. Boil the eggs for 4 minutes.
3. Place the sausage meat, herbs, salt and pepper in a large bowl, and mix thoroughly with your hands.
4. Remove the eggs from the saucepan and peel the shells off.
5. Beat the remaining two eggs in a bowl, and empty the ground almonds onto a plate.
6. Shape a handful of sausage meat around each hard-boiled egg. It’s roughly one sausage per egg. Aim for a layer about 1cm thick.
7. Coat each sausage-wrapped egg in a beaten egg before rolling in the ground almonds.
8. Place the Scotch eggs on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes. Once baked, the almonds will create a crunchy coating.