Toad In The Hole

Name: Toad In The Hole
Ingredients: 100 g flour; 2 eggs; 300 ml milk; 1 pinch salt; 8 -12 thick good quality sausages; 25 g lard (or oil) or 25 g drippings (or oil)

6 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

100 g flour
2 eggs
300 ml milk
1 pinch salt
8 -12 thick good quality sausages
25 g lard (or oil) or 25 g drippings (or oil)

Directions

1

First place the fat and sausages into a large roasting tin or other oven-proof dish.
2

Cook in a hot oven for 30-40 minutes, shaking occasionally to turn the sausages.
3

Meanwhile prepare the batter. Make a well in the sifted flour and salt, add the egg and a some of the milk and mix to make a smooth paste.
4

Gradually whisk in the rest of the milk to give a smooth batter with the consistency of double cream.
5

Allow this to stand until sausages are cooked.
6

Take out the tin with the sausages, arrange the sausages so that they are spread evenly in the tin.
7

Quickly pour on the batter and return to the oven, cook for 30-40 minutes until puffed up and golden brown.
8

Serve hot with onion gravy (made by slowly caramelising 3 large sliced onions in a frying pan with a little oil and then adding beef stock and red wine, reducing for 20 minutes and then thickening with cornflour and water) a green vegetable and boiled or mashed potatoes.