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Toad in the Hole Recipe

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This authentic British recipe is made with pork sausages in a Yorkshire pudding batter. Enjoy this traditional English dish with a nice, thick, homemade onion gravy and creamy mashed potatoes.

Ingredients

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  • 4½ oz (125g) all-purpose flour (plain flour)
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 fl oz (150 ml) whole milk
  • 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard (optional)
  • 5 fl oz (150 ml) cold water
  • Salt and black pepper, to taste
  • 6 herbed pork sausages
  • 3 tablespoons lard or dripping
  • 3½ oz (100g) thinly sliced prosciutto or Parma ham (optional)
  • 1 cup (250ml) onion gravy, to serve

Instructions

  1. First you need to whisk the flour, eggs, milk, mustard (if using), water, salt, and pepper together.
  2. Make sure you beat out any flour lumps.
  3. Let this batter sit on for 15 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, you can preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  5. If you like you can discard the sausage skins and wrap the sausages in ham instead.
  6. If not, simply prick a couple of holes in each sausage skin using a fork.
  7. Put the lard or dripping in a roasting tin and put it in the oven until it begins to smoke.
  8. Now you can pour the batter into the roasting tin carefully.
  9. Arrange the sausages on top.
  10. Bake the toad in the hole for 25 to 30 minutes or until it is golden brown and puffy.
  11. Serve with onion gravy, if liked, and perhaps some mashed potatoes and vegetables too.

Notes

Toad in the hole is one of the best-loved English dishes. It is made with herby pork sausages (choose nice, big fat ones for this recipe, not skinny chipolatas!) and a Yorkshire pudding crust, supposedly named because it looks like little toads poking their heads out of holes. However this got its name, there is no doubt it is a classic English dinner recipe which the whole family will love. Make some buttery mashed potatoes to go with it, and cook some vegetables, perhaps peas and carrots, then cut the toad in the hole into servings, and serve it with thick onion gravy to complete the meal.

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