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Toad In The Hole Recipe


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Ingredients
  • 1 large onion, cut into chunks .
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper .
  • 1 large egg, at about room temp .
  • 6 large good quality pork sausages .
  • 3 oz plain flour .
  • For the Batter .
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil .
  • 3 fluid oz milk .
  • 1 tsp grainy mustard

Directions
  • Step #1 Pre-heat the oven to 220*C/425*F.
  • Step #2 Pour the sunflower oil into a solid based 9 inch by 6 inch baking tray.
  • Step #3 Throw in the cut up onion & scatter in the sausages.
  • Step #4 Place in the hot oven, on the lowest shelf, for about 15 mins while you make the batter.
  • Step #5 Using a sieve & holding it up high above the bowl sieve the flour into the bowl.
  • Step #6 (Doing this from a height forces air into the flour & gives you a lighter batter.
  • Step #7 Make a well in the middle of the flour & using a whisk, whisk in the egg & milk, along with some salt & pepper.
  • Step #8 As you whisk the flour will be incorporated from the edges & you will end up with a nice lovely thick & smooth batter.
  • Step #9 Whisk in the grainy mustard.
  • Step #10 Take the hot pan of sausages out of the oven & quickly pour the batter in & around the sausages while the fat in the pan is still sizzling.
  • Step #11 Return the pan to the oven, placing it on the highest shelf this time, & continue to bake for 30 mins longer, until the sausages are nicely browned & the batter has puffed up all nice & brown around them.
  • Enjoy the Toad in the Hole recipe

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