anyone got a good recipe for toad-in-the-hole ?

BARGAINHUNTER!

If anyone managed to get any of the Asda 50p sausages (I did) this could turn out to be a very cheap meal! Does anyone have any costings for the batter mix mentioned in x_raphael_xx post above?

trying-very-trying

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

If anyone managed to get any of the Asda 50p sausages (I did) this could turn out to be a very cheap meal! Does anyone have any costings for the batter mix mentioned in x_raphael_xx post above?

If you use value plain flour and if you got the 50p for 6 eggs out of asda, I would guess it would only be about 11 or 12 p.
Edit: don't know if they're still doing them, but if you get asda's smart price sausages at 8 for 16p, it would be cheaper meal still.

x_raphael_xx

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

If anyone managed to get any of the Asda 50p sausages (I did) this could turn out to be a very cheap meal! Does anyone have any costings for the batter mix mentioned in x_raphael_xx post above?

Err, well...
Bag of Asda basic flour 45p
Eggs are what?...15-20p each?
Milk...£1 a pint??

Very cheap (and tasty & filling) meal

x_raphael_xx

trying-very-trying wrote: »

the 50p for 6 eggs out of asda,

What!!! Where are these?
Not seen them!!

trying-very-trying

x_raphael_xx wrote: »

What!!! Where are these?
Not seen them!!

There was a whole thread on here yesterday, about Asda's specisl 50p offers. They're only available til Sunday, but here's a link to tomorrow's paper, it give a litrtle chart of what is included.http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1029810/Groceries-50p-Supermarkets-launch-savage-credit-crunch-price-war.html

trying-very-trying

Here's the thread for the discussion http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=999081&highlight=50p+bread

x_raphael_xx

Aw nuts, I can't get til Adsa til way after Sunday!!!
Gawd damn it!!

Stephen_Leak

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

Woohoo! Yet another first - I've had a lot of these this past week, but this one I can admit to. My first Toad in the Hole.

The batter quantities made rather more than I intended, but it rose - in fact, so much that I had to "shoe-horn" it out of my little top oven with a spatula! I'll lower the wire rack next time!

I also found some really good - 90% meat - pork & herb chipolatas in ASDA for £1.96 for 12, which is 4 servings.

TOAD IN THE HOLE

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

2 eggs
100g of plain flour
200ml of milk
50ml of water
1½ tablespoons of sunflower oil
1 tablespoon of sunflower oil
6 pork chipolata sausages*

METHOD

Break the eggs into a bowl and pick out any bits of shell. Mix up the eggs. Add the flour. Mix thoroughly. Put the milk and water into a measuring jug. Add the milk and water a bit at a time. Mix up each time until the batter is smooth and creamy. Leave the batter to stand for 30 minutes.

Put the 1½ tablespoons of oil into an ovenproof dish in a preheated oven at 220°C, 425°F, gas mark 7.

Put the 1 tablespoon of oil into a frying pan on a medium heat. Fry the sausages for about 10 minutes, turning them from time to time.

Take the dish out of the oven. Pour in the batter mix. Add the sausages. Put the dish back into the oven. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes until golden.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Use a packet of batter mix according to the instructions on the packet for Yorkshire pudding. Wrap a rasher of bacon around each sausage. Grille the sausages under a medium heat for about 10 minutes instead of frying them.

TIPS

Use a metal dish, as they get hotter than ceramic or glass dishes. Use lard instead of the oil in the oven, as this gets hotter than oil. If you have to open the oven door to check, open it as little as possible and close it gently.

* Use good quality sausages. The more meat in them the better. There are few tastier foods than a meaty, herby sausage. There is nothing worse than a bland, mass-produced tube of pink stodge.

Please, use the saving made by using your own ingredients instead of a packet of batter mix to go towards the cost of some decent sausages, rather than using cheap slurry tubes.

mumzyof2

Can anyone tell me if you can freeze toad in the hole?
As there is always loads of batter and a few sauasges left as its only me and DD2 and DS4.
Im going to make this today...whats best recipe for this?

Aril

When we make it I always buy a tin of oxtail soup to pour over it.The batter is also good with a pinch of dried mixed herbs in it. On other occasions we've wrapped bacon around the sausages or added fried onion to the batter. I find it equally deleesh done with big open mushrooms and a tin of chunky veg soup for a veggie alternative. For some reason my OH always calls it Frog in the Bog.:D
Aril