In Britain, the hole toad is basically made of pork sausage made of Yorkshire pudding. I think the name comes from kenneth grahame's book Wind in the Willows. As you may have guessed, it is the winner of a younger generation.

Toad in the hole

However, it should be noted that making it is not as simple as it looks. Making delicious Yorkshire pudding is an art. Even after 5 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 toads in caves

This is a recipe that my Yorkshire mother taught me.

ingredients

1 1/2 cup (18g) whole wheat flour

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

a pinch of freshly ground black pepper

4 eggs, beat

1 medium onion

1 cup and a half (35ml) 2% milk

2 tablespoons melted butter < Cover and let stand for 3 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 45 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 onions and sausages into the pudding batter and bake at 45 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-2 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 know very well, "Toad in a hole" is an egg fried on a piece of toast with a hole.

These are some toads digging holes, American-style.