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Toad in the Hole
A traditional Irish dish, perfect for a chilly autumn afternoon, combining sausages baked in a crispy batter made from grated bread.
📷 Robert Gibert — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
⏱️ 20 min prep + 30 min cottura · 4 porzioni · facile
Ingredients
- 4 sausages
- 300 g of bread
- 3 eggs
- 50 g of butter
- 50 g of sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons of apple sauce
- 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise
Method
- Prepare the bread: grate the bread into a large bowl and add sugar, eggs, butter, salt, and pepper. Mix well until you get a homogeneous dough.
- In a baking dish, place the sausages on a layer of bread dough.
- Cover the sausages with the bread dough, completely coating them.
- In a small bowl, mix the apple sauce and mayonnaise together. Spread this mixture over the bread dough.
- Bake in the oven at 180°C for 30-40 minutes, or until the bread dough is golden and crispy.
- Serve hot, accompanied by a salad of vegetables or a portion of french fries.
The story
Toad in the Hole is a traditional Irish dish, particularly popular in the Louth region. The name is said to come from the way the sausages resemble toads hiding in the crispy bread batter.
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