Recipe: Perfect Toad In The Hole

Toad In The Hole. American Toad in a hole is one of the first recipes I had my children prepare when they were learning to cook. Much easier than the European version, this fun egg-in-a-hole is sure to please. My "little ones" are now grown (and have advanced to more difficult recipes!), but this continues to be a traditional standby in my home and theirs.

Toad In The Hole But in England, it's sausages cooked in what is essentially Yorkshire pudding. Whisk the liquid ingredients into the dry, just until you have a slightly lumpy thin batter. Carefully, pour the batter over the partially cooked sausages and continue to bake until the batter. You can have Toad In The Hole using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Toad In The Hole

  1. It's 10-12 of good quality pork or beef sausages.
  2. It's 225 g of plain flour, sifted.
  3. It's 3 of eggs.
  4. Prepare 300 ml of full fat Milk.
  5. You need 1 tbsp of lard or other fat + 2 tbsp olive oil.
  6. Prepare of Salt to taste.
  7. Prepare of Ground black pepper to taste.
  8. Prepare of Onion Gravy.
  9. It's 1 of dollop of butter.
  10. You need 2 of small onions, sliced thinly.
  11. Prepare 1 of beef stock cube.
  12. It's 500 ml of water.
  13. It's 1 tbsp of wholegrain mustard.
  14. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of plain flour.
  15. It's 1 tsp of light brown sugar.

While the toad in the hole is cooking, prepare the cabbage. Toad in the hole is classic comfort food at its best. Serve with plenty of gravy and simple steamed vegetables. Toad in the hole or Sausage Toad is a traditional English dish consisting of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter, usually served with onion gravy and vegetables.

Toad In The Hole step by step

  1. Heat the oven to 200c..
  2. First to make the batter, whisk the eggs and milk together, then add the flour and season with salt and pepper. Leave to rest for at least 30 minutes..
  3. Heat a pan or oven tray in the oven. Then add the fat/oil and place back in the oven. Oil should be piping hot so leave in the oven to heat for 6-8 minutes..
  4. Carefully add the sausages to the hot oil, and brown on all sides by turning them as needed, but don't cook through..
  5. Ensuring the oil is piping hot carefully pour the batter over and around the sausages (batter should start curling and cooking around the edges if the oil is hot enough)..
  6. Cook for 30-35 or until cooked through, batter should have risen and be nice and golden brown on top..
  7. Serve with choice of vegetables or mash and Gravy. I served mine with carrot and potato mash and boiled sweetcorn topped with onion gravy..
  8. To make the gravy: First dissolve the stock cube in the water. Next heat the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and add the onions, fry until soft. Then add the flour and stir until its fully absorbed. Add the mustard and sugar. (note: recipe calls for 1 tsp but I used 1 tbsp a I didn't read the recipe properly but still turned out really good and I also added 1 tsp of brown sugar). Then add the stock to the saucepan. Reduce to simmer and continue to cook until the sauce has thickened..

Toad in the hole, also called Sausage Toad, is an English dish made with sausages covered with Yorkshire pudding batter and baked to perfection. You may eat it as is, but it is usually topped with onion gravy and served with veggies. Toad in the Hole is a super fun and different breakfast recipe that my kids LOVE. Not only is it super delicious but it's really fun to make! The ingredients are simple - eggs, slices of bread, butter, and a little salt and pepper.