Recipe VIII - Toad in the Hole

Sorry I didn't put out a recipe last week: I'm making up for it this week with a good old British recipe for you. I made it on Friday and thought it too good to omit!

Ingredients:
6 Sausages (Cumberland or Lincolnshire are excellent but I used German Bratwurst and they were quite tasty)
Flour (250-350g, depending on how thick you want the batter)
Milk (250-350ml, depending on how thick you want the batter)
3 eggs
Salt & pepper

Recipe:
Fry the sausages on a low heat in a pan with butter or sunflower oil until the outsides are lightly browned.
Whilst this is going on, heat up your oven to 200°C and put a large enough baking tray in it.
Put the flour into a bowl, pour the salt, pepper milk and eggs on top and beat it all together until it forms a consistency a little less fluid than pancake mix.
Pour the oil from the frying pan into a baking tray and arrange your sausages in a row with a gap between.
Pour the batter on top.
Put the whole thing in the oven for about 40-45 minutes until risen and golden brown.
As this is quite a heavy dish, serve with onion gravy and a few steamed vegetables (broccoli, for instance), or like me, a green salad with tomatoes and home-made vinaigrette (see the photo below).
Enjoy!