Scotch eggs

You will need:

• 4 eggs
• 275g Good quality sausage meat
• One teaspoon of fresh thyme, finely chopped
• One teaspoon of fresh parsley , finely chopped
• One spring onion, very finely chopped
• 125g Of plain flour, seasoned
• One egg, Beaten
• 250g Breadcrumbs
• Salt & Black pepper to taste
• vegetable oil for frying

Place the eggs , still in there shell in a pan of water.
Place over a high heat and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to simmer for 10 minutes.
Drain and refresh eggs under cold water, remove from shell.
Mix the sausage meat, with finely chopped thyme, parsley, spring onion and season well with salt and freshly cracked black pepper.
Divide sausagemeat mixture into four and flatten out on a clean surface into ovals about 12cm long and 8cm at the widest point.
Roll the boiled egg in the seasoned flour.
Place each egg onto a sausage meat oval, then wrap the sausage meat around the egg, ensuring the coating is smooth and completely  covering the egg.
Dip each meat coated egg in beaten egg , covering the entire surface area.
Roll in breadcrumbs to coat completely .
Heat oil in a deep heavy bottomed pan to 180!
Carefully place deep scotch egg into the oil and deep fry for 3 to 4 minutes until golden ,then transfer to a preheated oven to 25 to 30 minutes.
To serve cut in half and season with rock salt.