• Boil the eggs for approximately 5 minutes
• Remove the eggs from the boiling water and promptly put them in a bowl of ice water
• After about 5 mins, peel the eggs and set them aside
• Next mix the ground sausage with all the seasonings and set aside. (You could use breakfast sausages if you prefer)
• Whisk the last egg in a bowl and set aside
• Set up your workstation as follows: Boiled Eggs -> Ground Sausage -> Flour -> Egg wash -> Bread crumbs -> Empty Plate
• Next flatten 1/4 of the sausage in the palm of your hands
• Place a boiled egg in the center of the flattened sausage
• Wrap the ground sausage around the egg completely
• Next, roll the sausage-wrapped egg in some flour
• Next, roll the sausage-wrapped egg in the eggwash
• Last step, roll the sausage wrapped egg in the bread crumbs until it is completely covered. Set aside and repeat the same step for all the other boiled eggs

Air Frying the Scotch Eggs

• Preheat the air fryer to 400F and set it to 20 minutes
• Once the air fryer is ready, gently place each scotch egg in the air fryer. You can spray some cooking spray on the eggs but this is optional
• Leave the scotch eggs to cook for 10mins. Then turn them over and let them cook for an extra 20 minutes
• Once completely cooked, bring the scotch eggs out of the air fryer and let them cool before serving