Toad in the hole
However, it should be noted that making it is not as simple as it seems. Making delicious Yorkshire pudding is an art. Even after 50 years, my pudding is not always as soft as I like.
The batter is quite simple … eggs, milk and flour are enough … but cooking can be tricky. In fact, this is very tricky. In America, they have given up trying more or less.
American "Interpretation" of Toad in Cave
This is a recipe that my Yorkshire mother taught me.
ingredient
1 and 1/2 cups (180g) of whole wheat flour.
1/2 teaspoons of salt
A pinch of freshly ground black pepper
4 eggs, beat
1 medium onion
One and a half cups (350ml) of 2% milk.
2 tablespoons of melted butter
A tablespoon of duck oil or beef sauce.
1 lb (450g) sausage (an English sausage made of pork and bread crumbs), or high-quality pork or beef sausage (packed in intestines).
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Making batter: Mix flour, salt, a little pepper, eggs, milk and melted butter evenly with a blender. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
Preheat a 9-inch cake pan or baking pan: Put beef juice or duck oil into the pan and put it on the shelf in the middle of the preheated oven at 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Let the drops of oil or duck fat heat in the oven for ten minutes until the fat smokes! If you have a convection oven, use the convection baking setting.
Brown sausage: When the oven is heated, pour a teaspoon of vegetable oil into the frying pan and heat it over medium heat. Add onion (roughly chopped) and sausage until they turn brown.
Baking: Add onion and sausage into the pudding batter and bake at 450 degrees Fahrenheit 15-20 minutes, or until the batter bubbles and turns golden yellow. In Britain, "Toad In a Hole" refers to putting sausages (sausages? ) Baked in Yorkshire pudding. I always thought its name had something to do with the book Wind in the Willows. But I'm not English, so I only know this.
In America, a place I am familiar with, "the toad in the hole" is an egg fried on a piece of toast with a hole.
These are some toads digging holes, American style.