Toad in the Hole #Recipe

Emma Shawcross
6th November 2018

This makes a lot but I rarely have any left ! Warm winter food made with love as the nights draw in. We have many amazing sausage producers and Butchers in Cheshire, so using good sausages is key. Here I have used all Pork Sausages but there are so many great flavours you can choose. Allowing the batter to rest is paramount, as is using VERY hot fat, before pouring the mix into very hot oil. I often make the batter the night before and leave it at room temperature, covering it until it’s needed the following day. You don’t have to do this but do rest your batter for at least an hour before you cook to ensure a good rise and great puddings. It's a great Dinner for all to enjoy.

Batter

Ideally, make your batter the night before if you can, if not rest for at least an hour.

Mix eggs and Milk with an electric mixer or balloon Whisk

Sift in the flour and salt and mix in till all combined.

Sausages and Cooking

Cook sausages in a large deep roasting tin in the oven cook at 180′ for 10 minutes till they have a little colour and are just cooked – take out and cover on a plate.

Turn the oven up, put fat and oil or just oil in the roasting pan and pop in oven for 10 to 15 minuets till fat is smoking hot.

Please be very carful at this stage to use oven gloves and try to move the roasting pan as little as possible.

Carefully add the sausages in to the hot fat and just allow to return to temperature again in the oven.

Spread out the sausages with tongs then poor over the batter mix and put back in to a hot oven at 220 for 15- 20 minutes.

Watch it rise and cuddle the sausages in a blanket of Yorkshire pudding.Yummy!

Recipe Info

Serves

6

Serving Suggestions

Serve with lots of gravy, mash potato and green beans or peas, whatever you like most. Add some tabasco for a chilli kick.

Ingredients

Batter

6 large eggs
250g plain flour
1 tsp. sea salt
300 ml whole milk

Sausages and Cooking

8 or more really good quality Sausages
3 Tbsp. Beef or Goose and some Vegetable oil or vegetable oil on its own

Equipment

Large deep roasting tray
Electric mixer Or Balloon Wish
Bowl
Kitchen tongs
Oven gloves