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By Victoria Heerschap
There are two versions of toad-in-the-hole; the British and the American recipes. Both feature eggs, but that’s where the resemblance ends.
American toad-in-the-hole is nothing more than a piece of bread with a hole cut in the middle, filled with an egg and fried together.
This recipe is for a British toad-in-the-hole, which is made with sausage and no toast in sight! It’s basically a Yorkshire pudding baked in a skillet with pork sausage. Toad-in-the-hole is traditionally served with a variety of mustards on the side.
Toad-in-the-Hole Recipe
Ingredients:
1 lb. sweet pork sausage in casings – (links or spiral)
1 ¼ cup flour
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
4 large eggs
1 ¼ cup milk
2 tsp. yellow mustard
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425°.
Lightly grease a cast iron skillet (or other oven-safe skillet) with butter. Add the sausage to the skillet and bake in the oven for 12 minutes.
While the sausage cooks, whisk together the flower, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl until blended. Whisk together the eggs, milk and mustard in another bowl, then whisk the liquid into the flour mixture. Mix until a thin, lumpy batter forms.
Remove the skillet from the oven and pour the batter evenly over the sausage. Return the skillet to the oven and bake for 16 – 20 minutes more, or until the batter puffs up and has a brown, crispy top.
Serve hot, from the skillet.
