Easy toad-in-the-hole recipe

Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Family dinners don't get much more comforting than a classic toad-in-the-hole. Fluffy Yorkshire pudding batter paired with hearty pork sausages, alongside a generous serving of rich onion gravy – all you need to add is your favourite veg on the side. This toad-in-the-hole recipe will be one that you and your family will want to cook again and again. Watch our video to find out how to master it.
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 1 hr 5 mins
- 432 calories / serving
Ingredients
For the batter
- 100g plain flour
- 2 eggs
- 150ml semi-skimmed milk
For the toad
- 8 pork sausages
- 1 onion, finely sliced
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
For the gravy
- 1 onion, finely sliced
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tsp plain flour
- 2 tsp English mustard
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 300ml
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1805kJ 432.0kcal
- Fat
- 25g
- Saturates
- 8g
- Salt
- 2.5g
- Sugars
- 8g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 34.5gProtein 19.3gFibre 2.6g
Method
- Preheat oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C.
- First make the batter. Put the flour in a bowl, add the eggs and slowly mix in the milk then beat until smooth.
- Put the sausages in an ovenproof baking dish, scatter over the sliced onion and drizzle over the oil. Roast for 15 mins.
- Remove the dish from the oven, pour the batter over and around the sausages then return to the oven and cook for a further 35 mins or until the sausages are cooked through and the batter is golden on top.
- To make the gravy, heat a deep frying pan or saucepan and fry the remaining onion in the oil for 5 mins until golden. Sprinkle over the flour and cook, stirring until thickened. Add the mustard, Worcestershire sauce and, gradually, the stock, stirring until smooth and thickened to your liking.
- Serve the toad in the hole with the gravy to pour over.
- Tip: You can easily adapt the sausages in this recipe to suit your family needs; try flavoured pork sausages, lower fat alternatives or vegetarian sausages as you like.
- See more Family favourites recipes
- For top tips on protecting you and your family when preparing raw meat and poultry, visit Food Safety in the Home.



