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I get 8 sausages, some mushrooms, a bit of veg oil and some tinned new potatoes and brown them in the oven. Then I make up 2 packets of Tesco Value batter mix, stir in some sage then cover the sausages, potato and mushrooms and bung it on the middle shelf in a hot oven until it's a lovely dark brown flavour. it comes out brilliantly every time
The batter must stand for a bit before you add to the browned sausages, and make sure the oil in the pan you are going to cook in is really hot - almost to smoking stage. As above, don't open the oven door 'til done. Lard may give you better results than oil by the way.
If you are a bit unsure with your batters, try making a couple of different batches and see what gives you best results form maybe slightly different resting times, or mixes.
This from The Foody site is pretty well the basic recipe: http://www.thefoody.com/meat/toadinthehole.html and also has the suggestion to start at a higher temp for the batter, then reduce the oven temp to finish. this will 'set' the batter and then allow it to cook evenly through.