Easy toad-in-the-hole recipe

Name: Easy toad-in-the-hole
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 100g plain flour; 2 eggs; 150ml semi-skimmed milk; 8 pork sausages; 1 onion, finely sliced; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 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

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.

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Serves 4
Takes 1 hr 5 mins
432 calories / serving

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Tesco Brown Onions 3 Pack
1 onion, finely sliced
£1.00
£0.33/each
Tesco Pure Vegetable Oil 1L
Aldi Price Match
1 tbsp vegetable oil
£1.45
£1.45/litre
Stockwell & Co. Plain Flour 1.5Kg
Aldi Price Match
100g plain flour
£0.70
£0.47/kg
Tesco British Barn Eggs 10 Pack
2 eggs
£1.70
£0.17/each
Creamfields Semi Skimmed UHT Milk 1L
Aldi Price Match
150ml semi-skimmed milk
£0.65
£0.65/litre
Tesco Finest 10 Traditional Pork Sausages 667G
8 pork sausages
£4.50
£6.75/kg
Tesco English Mustard 185g
2 tsp English mustard
£0.65
£3.51/kg
Tesco Worcester Sauce 150Ml
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
£1.30
£8.67/litre
Tesco Vegetable Stock Cubes 10 Pack 100g
1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 300ml
£1.00
£10.00/kg

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.