Ingredients:-
8 eggs
450 g plain sausage meat
2 Tbsp chopped mixed herbs
Pinch of ground mace or nutmeg
1 Tbsp mustard
Splash of milk
1/2 cup (50 g) flour
1 cup (100 g) breadcrumbs
Vegetable oil (to cook)
Salt and Pepper (to taste)
METHOD:-
Put six of the eggs into a pan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for five minutes, then put straight into a large bowl of iced water for at least 10 minutes.
Put the meat, herbs, mace or nutmeg and mustard into a bowl, season and mix well with your hands. Divide into six balls.
Carefully peel the eggs. Beat the two raw eggs together in a bowl with a splash of milk. Put the flour in a second bowl and season, then tip the breadcrumbs into a third bowl. Arrange in an assembly line.
Put a square of cling wrap on the work surface, and flour lightly. Put one of the meatballs in the centre, and flour lightly, then put another square of cling wrap on top. Roll out the meat until large enough to encase an egg and remove the top sheet of cling wrap.
To assemble the egg, roll one peeled egg in flour, then put in the centre of the meat. Bring up the sides of the film to encase it and smooth it into an egg shape with your hands. Dip each egg in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs, then egg and then breadcrumbs.
Fill a large pan a third full of vegetable oil, and heat to 170°C (or when a crumb of bread sizzles and turns golden, but does not burn, when dropped in it). Cook the eggs a couple at a time, for seven minutes, until crisp and golden, then drain on kitchen paper before serving.
Serve with fresh salad and favourite sauce.