September 19, 2014 - 11:47 BST hellomagazine.com Stoemp scotch egg recipe by Kevin Love GALLERY Serves 4 Ingredients 100g mayonnaise 10g French’s mustard 4 quail eggs 160g mashed potato from baked potatoes 16g butter 2g salt 5g very small diced carrot 5g very small diced fennel 2g very small diced endive 50g flour 2 eggs beaten 100g panko breadcrumbs 1 litre vegetable oil for fryingMethod 1. Mix the mayonnaise and French’s mustard together and reserve for later 2. Take your baking potatoes and cook them in their skins until very soft 3. Scoop out the flesh whilst still warm and weigh to approx 160g 4. Add the butter and salt whilst still warm and put through a ricer or mash until very smooth and allow to cool 5. Add the diced vegetables to the potato and weigh into 40g balls 6. Bring a pan of water to the boil 7. Drop in the quail eggs and boil for 2 minutes exactly then remove them and plunge into iced water to stop the cooking process 8. Peel the eggs and put into clean water 9. Take one of the potato balls and flatten in your hand, put an egg in the middle and wrap the potato around it being careful not to break the egg 10. Shape into an egg shape then put in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up 11. Roll the egg in the flour, then into the egg and finally the breadcrumb, then coat again with the egg and another layer of breadcrumb 12. Repeat with the other eggs and place in fridge until ready to cook 13. Heat a pan or fryer of oil until it reaches 180C and preheat an oven to 180C 14. Drop the eggs into the oil and cook for 2 minutes exactly 15. Remove from the fryer and place in the oven for 4 minutes exactly 16. Serve hot with the mustard mayonnaise, the yolk should still be runnyKevin Love and Leffe, the premium Belgian abbey beer, recently collaborated to uncover the UK’s best gourmet bar snacks. All of Love's bar snacks created to launch the Leffe Gastro Bite Awards were designed to complement the character and flavours of Leffe, a beer which works perfectly with food. All recipes are available at www.youtube.com/leffeuk
