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Toad in the hole

Sausages in a batter that has to rise. Do not open the oven.

Toad in the hole
Photo: Robert Gibert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A photo of the dish, not of these exact recipes.

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Do not open the oven

50 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 8 good sausages
  • 140g plain flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 200ml milk
  • 4 tbsp beef dripping or oil
  • Salt

What you do

  1. 1Make the batter first and rest it at least 30 minutes, or overnight. Rested batter rises far better.
  2. 2Get the fat smoking hot in the tin at 220C, then brown the sausages in it for 10 minutes.
  3. 3Pour the cold batter in round the sausages — cold batter into hot fat is the whole trick — and get it back in immediately.
  4. 4Twenty-five minutes, and do not open the door. Not once. It will collapse and it will not come back.
  5. 5Onion gravy, and mash if you are serious.

Individual ones

40 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 8 chipolatas
  • Batter as above
  • Oil
  • Muffin tin

What you do

  1. 1Hot oil in each hole, a browned chipolata in each.
  2. 2Batter poured in, 200C for 20 minutes.
  3. 3Faster, and everybody gets a crisp edge.