SERVES 4 people PREPARATION TIME 15 minutes COOKING TIME 30 minutes Quintessentially English, served with meat-free sausages and enveloped in crispy batter, we think this toad in the hole is better than mum’s! INGREDIENTS 1 box Fry’s Traditional Sausages 1 cup sunflower oil 1 / 2 cup self-raising flour, sieved 1 tsp baking powder Pinch salt 55g egg replacer, like Orgran 1 / 3 cup water 1 1 / 4 cups non-dairy milk of choice METHOD Preheat the oven to 220°C. Pour 1 tbsp of sunflower oil into a frying pan and allow to heat up, before adding in the Sausages. Fry on a medium heat for about 10 minutes. Cover the base of an ovenproof pan (or individual dishes if you prefer) with a thin layer of sunflower oil and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg replacer into a smooth paste with the water then slowly add in the non-dairy milk. Next, add half the egg replacer liquid to the dry flour mix. Whisk to a smooth paste then incorporate the rest of the liquid until you have a smooth batter. The mixture will be thicker than a normal Yorkshire Pudding batter, but if your whisk can stand up in it, it’s too thick, so add a little more water to thin it down. Place your oven-proof dish or dishes in the oven for a few minutes until they are smoking hot. By now your Sausages should be ready. Remove them from the heat. Then, working quickly but carefully, remove the dish from the oven and use a ladle to spoon in some of the batter – it should sizzle. Portion out the Sausages, then pour over any remaining batter to half-submerge the Sausages in the mixture. Return the dishes to the oven immediately and bake for 15-20 minutes. Try not to open the oven door whilst cooking as this may cause the batter to sink. When 15 minutes is up, check the batter is firm on the outside and not burning. Leave it for another 5 minutes, then remove from the oven and sprinkle over some rosemary sprigs for a garnish, and season. Serve straight away. 2 ENGLISH TOAD IN THE HOLE FESTIVE FOODS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 3
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