Scotch egg ( Scotch egg ) - a dish of British cuisine . It is a boiled egg , coated with minced meat , and fried in breadcrumbs .
| Scotch egg | |
|---|---|
 Scottish egg cut in half | |
| Included in national cuisines | |
| British cuisine | |
| Place of origin | |
| Components | |
| The main | Stuffed Egg |
History
It is believed that the dish was first prepared by the London-based company Fortnum & Mason in 1738 [1] [2] . According to another version, the authorship of the dish is unknown, and the recipe goes back to the dish of the Mughal cuisine of Nargisi Kufta [3] .
In printed form, the recipe for this dish is first found in a book by Maria Rundell The New Home Cooking System, 1809 edition. In this and later cookbooks of the 19th century, ready-made eggs were recommended to be served hot with sauce [4] . Now it is used in cold form, in particular, as a snack on picnics .
During the Second World War , during the days of rationing , a variant of the recipe arose in which the minced meat was replaced with mashed potatoes .
Regional Options
In the UK, there are local varieties of this recipe, for example, in the manufacture of eggs in Manchester ( English Manchester Egg ) uses a pickled egg, wrapped in a mixture of ground pork and "Lancashire black pudding" (that is, in fact, minced meat for black pudding [5] ), and for Worcester Eggs, the egg is pickled in Worcester sauce , the minced meat consists of a mixture of minced meat for local sausages with the so-called. "White pudding", similar to black, but without blood.
Scottish factory-made eggs sold under various names in British supermarkets may contain fragments of chicken or duck eggs, and sometimes even mayonnaise and finely chopped bacon .
Scottish eggs and variations of the recipe can be found in the cuisines of many countries of the world: from Europe and America, to West Africa (in particular, Nigeria), to Southeast Asia, for example, in the Philippines.
See also
- Kartuliporss
Notes
- ↑ Single Hen Scotch Egg (link not available) . Fortnum & Mason. Date of treatment August 22, 2011. Archived November 14, 2012. (eng.)
- ↑ Glancey, Jonathan . A facial at Fortnums? Never! , The Guardian (November 5, 2007). (eng.)
- ↑ Oxford Companion to Food see articles kofta and Scotch egg
- ↑ Oxford Companion to Food see article Scotch egg
- ↑ Naylor, Tony . A plan is hatched: the Manchester egg , The Guardian (April 29, 2010). Date of treatment July 1, 2010. (English)
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scotch Egg
- Oliver Thring: Consider the scotch egg
- Simon Rimmer: Scotch eggs. BBC Food - Recipes. (eng.)