Cookbook:Toad in the Hole

| English Cuisine

Toad in the hole is a baked Yorkshire pudding or thick pastry round, with sausages or pieces of meat in it. This recipe is for a sausage toad. A further variation is made using fine chopped potatoes in a pudding-basin with a lump of meat in the centre, and then boiling or steaming.

Ingredients

 * 250 g sausage links
 * 1 recipe Yorkshire pudding batter, uncooked

Procedure

 * 1) Preheat the oven to 200°C.
 * 2) Bake the sausages in a loaf pan or roasting pan, for 10 minutes.
 * 3) Add yorkshire pudding batter to the hot tray. You may need to add a bit of oil or fat if the sausages don't produce enough.
 * 4) Bake in the oven for about 40–45 minutes.
 * 5) Remove and serve when risen, firm and brown.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Toad in the hole is commonly served with vegetables and gravy.