Baked Scotch Eggs

Name: Baked Scotch Eggs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 large eggs; 1 pound lean ground beef; 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; ½ teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon onion powder; 1 teaspoon smoked paprika; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

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5.0

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Excellent

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
5 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings
4 servings
Calories
328 kcal
Course
Snacks
Cuisine
British, Scottish

Baked Scotch Eggs

Winston Campbell

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These baked Scotch eggs are made with well-seasoned ground beef and contain no breadcrumbs. They are easy to make, portable, and delicious!

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Ingredients

Servings

4 large eggs hard-boiled
1 pound lean ground beef 85/15
1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt or ½ teaspoon of any other salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

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Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and fit it with a wire rack. Lightly grease the rack.
In a medium bowl, mix the ground beef with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper. Divide the mixture into four balls. Pat each ball into a thin, round patty.
Place each egg in the center of a beef patty. Gently stretch the beef to wrap the egg, shaping and molding it with your hands, pinching together areas where it comes apart until each egg is fully wrapped. This takes patience but is quite doable, so don’t give up.
Place the beef balls on the prepared wire rack. Bake them until browned on the outside and done to your liking on the inside, 20-30 minutes.
Allow the eggs to rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving them.

Notes

You can use store-bought sausage meat instead of ground beef.
Two more spices that I sometimes like to add to the meat mixture are cumin and dried thyme - about ¼ teaspoon of each.
You can use two teaspoons of minced fresh garlic instead of garlic powder.
These eggs are very tasty when taken out of the oven, though I do recommend letting them rest a few minutes before digging in. But they are also delicious when served cold, and this makes them an excellent snack or picnic food.
You can keep the leftovers in the fridge, in an airtight container, for 2-3 days. Reheat them gently in the microwave at 50% power. Cut them in two before reheating, or the eggs could explode in the microwave. Or simply enjoy them cold!