Toad In The Hole

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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)

Recipe

• 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.