The Royal Navys Toad In The Hole Recipes

TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE

Steps:

• In a nonstick or a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat, toast bread until crisp and well-browned. Remove from pan. Use a circular cutter, 3 inches in diameter, to punch out a hole in the center of each slice. Place the bread on individual plates.
• Sprinkle cheese over the bread to fill the center hole and cover the rest of the slice. You can let some of the cheese fall onto the plate.
• Whisk together eggs, egg yolks and half-and-half until well-blended.
• Place the skillet over medium-low heat. Add butter and when it has melted, add egg mixture. Stir gently with a wooden spoon until softly scrambled and custardy. Add salt to taste. Transfer eggs to the center of each piece of toast, filling the hole, and serve.

TOAD IN THE HOLE

Steps:

• Prepare batter: Combine eggs, salt, pepper, cayenne, 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour, and milk in a large bowl; whisk thoroughly until batter is very smooth and no lumps remain. Whisk in water. Cover and let rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Prepare sausages: Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausages and cook until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove from the heat and transfer to a buttered 9x12- or 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour oil from the skillet over the sausages; brush oil with a pastry brush all over the bottom and up the sides of the dish.
• Start onion gravy: Melt butter in the same skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and salt; saute until soft and starting to brown, 5 to 6 minutes.
• While onion is cooking, pour batter in and around the sausages. Place in the center of a cold oven and turn temperature to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Set oven timer for 30 minutes.
• While toad in the hole cooks, finish onion gravy: Stir in flour and cook for about 2 minutes. Whisk in chicken broth and return to a simmer. Add Worcestershire sauce and balsamic vinegar and simmer until gravy thickens up and reduces, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and stir in green onions. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• When timer goes off, remove toad in the hole from the oven; it should be browned and puffed. Spoon gravy over the sausages and garnish with green onions and chives.
• Serve with extra gravy.

THE ROYAL NAVYS' TOAD IN THE HOLE

Steps:

• Crack the eggs into a measuring cup, note the quantity.
• Place eggs aside and measure to the same level the flour and then the milk.
• Put the ingedients into a bowl with a good pinch of salt and beat them together to make the batter. The more air bubbles you produce the better the batter will be. Place batter in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• In the meantime prepare the potatoes.
• Heat the oven on high heat.
• In medium sized roasting dish, pour enough oil to a depth of 1/2 ". put the dish in the oven to heat the oil, when oil is almost to the point of smoking, place the potato cubes on the bottom of the dish, followed by the sausages. Put dish in the oven for 5 minutes.
• Take batter from fridge and beat again.
• Now pour the batter mix over the sausages and return dish to the oven.
• Cook on high heat till the batter is risen and golen brown.
• Serve with green beans and a good brown gravy.