Scotch Quails’ Eggs in Sesame Seeds

Name: Scotch Quails’ Eggs in Sesame Seeds
Ingredients: 4 oz/112 g sesame seeds mixed with ½ tsp salt; Sunflower oil for frying; 12 quails’ eggs; 1 lb/450 g best quality pork sausages; 4 oz/112 g sesame seeds mixed with ½ tsp salt

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

These make ideal picnic food, being rather less dauntingly hefty than the more usual Scotch egg, made with hens’ eggs. As with anything made with sausages, I think it is of paramount importance to use the best sausages you can find.

Ingredients

12 quails’ eggs
1 lb/450 g best quality pork sausages

Starter
Summer
Gluten-free
Winter

Method

Cook the quails’ eggs in simmering water for 3 minutes, then run cold water into the saucepan till the eggs feel cold. Shell them carefully – they have surprisingly hard shells compared to hens’ eggs.

Slit each sausage skin with a sharp knife and peel off the skins. Divide each sausage in half and press out the sausagemeat. Wrap it around a shelled egg, pinching the meat together at the