What is a scotch egg? 

The scotch egg is mainly a soft boiled egg

It can be made from a hard-boiled egg

The egg is then wrapped in sausage meat

The sausage meat is coated in bread crumbs

The egg is then fried

Scotch eggs are a common snack in the British isles

History

The scotch egg has three conflicting origin stories

A department store in London claims to have invented it in 1738

A British cookbook claims also claim to be the inventor of the scotch egg in 1809

The other theory is it has been adapted from the snack India koftas

A kofta is a meatball made of meat and onion

Recipe 

Divide the sausage meat

Then flatten the sausage meat

Cook a soft boil egg and place egg in the center of the sausage

Sprinkle bread crumbs

Wrap egg then fry in oil

The once cooked through drain oil

 

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/scotch-eggs-0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_egg