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Crab Scotch eggs
Photo: Elle Hughes

Crab Scotch eggs

9 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Makes 6 scotch eggs openrecipes

Wrap tarragon-flavoured white crabmeat around quails’ eggs for a dainty, posh picnic snack.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

789
Calories
52g
Protein
15g
Fat
110g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Quail not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 6 quails’ eggs
  • 250g/9oz white crab
  • 1 free-range egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp fresh tarragon
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 50g/1¾oz plain flour, seasoned with salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 free-range egg beaten with 50ml/2fl oz milk
  • 50g/1¾oz panko breadcrumbs
  • , to deep-fry sunflower oil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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