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Savoury Batter recipes and questions

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I'm looking for a recipie for batter mix .
We love toad in the hole and yorkshire pudding and normally buy them frozen. :eek:
we have got our own eggs from the chickens that we keep and thought that i could use those for the mixture.
So is it SR flour, eggs and water if so how much of each and i'm using a gas oven?. Should i be using frozen, raw or cooked sausages ?
Thanks for your help :beer:
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Batter:

    100g 4oz plain flour

    300ml 1/2pint milk (or 50/50 water and milk)

    1 egg (or two if you like it rich)

    And a pinch of salt

    Add the egg to the flourand salt and mix with a wooden spoon and slowly add milk continoussly beating until it is smooth and then mix in the remaining liquid.

    The batter should be like single cream


    For yorkshires, pre heat the tray (with a smidge of lard in each bit) in an oven that is as hot as you can get it. Full on. When well hot, take the tray out, quickly put two tablespoons in each bit and put back in the top of the oven for about fifteen minutes.

    For toad in the hole, same temperature and lard routine as for yorkshires, pre cook the sausage for about ten minutes (you can do this in the dish you're heating in the oven) take it out and pour on the batter - again cook fairly high in the oven for about 15-20 minutes
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  • sarah1
    sarah1 Posts: 185 Forumite
    Thanks squeaky ! :T
    You have helped me loads since i have joined the site and your really fast to reply.
    God knows how you remember things so well my heads like a sieve.
    sarah1
  • Bossyboots
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    I find my yorkshire puddings rise better if I use two eggs.

    If you use a blender, you can put all the ingredients in together at the start.
  • An alternative batter for yorkies is one recommended by Brian Turner. It is so easy because you don't have to weigh anything, the method is just as Squeaky-The-Encyclopedia describes, it's just that the quantities are different.

    The cup measure needn't be an official measuring cup, it could be a yogurt pot or whatever. Always rises - dead easy to make

    1 'cup' of plain flour with a good pinch of salt
    1 'cup' of whole milk
    1 'cup' of beaten eggs - ie eggs beaten in a jug or bowl then measured out, it's usually 2 for a small yog pot or similar, if it's a bit short measured don't bother cracking another egg just top it up with milk
  • squeaky
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    Thanks Sarah :)

    I have to admit that although I wrote down the proper way of making batter I'm like Bossyboots and usually put milk and egg(s) into my liquidiser, start it spinning and add the flour a spoonful at a time. Instant batter :) I generally just use one egg for savoury batter and two for pancakes.

    Oh, and normally batter is left to rest for an hour before use.

    See? Rubbish memory me :D
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  • Bossyboots
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    I don't worry about adding the flour slowly, I just lob the whole lot in.

    I do leave it to rest for at least an hour beforehand though.
  • foreverskint
    foreverskint Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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    The old lady next door to me recommended putting about two tablesspoons of suet in to the batter. Odd I thought but tried it. It makes fantastic yorkies, and I now have to make an extra tray to keep everyone happy. So thanks sheila next door.:D
  • I apologise if this sounds like a ridiculous question (only just started cooking properly at the grand old age of 37 after being so inspired by this site) but do you HAVE to use a baking tray to cook the big yorkshires? I don't have one that's anywhere deep enough and was hoping to use one of my ceramic casserole dishes instead

    Many thanks in advance
  • squeaky
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    That might be a bit dodgy!! The best way to make yorkies is to heat your baking tray in the oven with a bit of oil/fat in until the oven is very hot. On its highest setting.

    Then you whip the tray out and add cold batter... in a metal tray that's not a problem... I'm really not sure about putting cold batter into a hot dish though - it might crack or shatter.

    Depth doesn't matter too much though - I'd expect the yorkies to rise well without spilling over. I usually fill mine to about half full and they rise to three times or more of the depth of the thingy.
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  • Do you have any cake tins that you could use? or foil dishes from a Chinese
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