Toad-in-the-Hole - Northern European Recipe

Toad-in-the-Hole

🌍 Northern European, British Difficulty: ●●○○○

🍳 Equipment: Yorkshire pudding tin, mixing bowl

A beloved British dish of beef steak baked in a Yorkshire pudding batter. The name is whimsical — the meat "peeps out" of the batter like a toad from its hole. Mrs. Beeton gives a straightforward recipe that proves the genius of simple ingredients.

Ingredients

• 1 lb of beef steak, cut up small
• 4 ozs of flour
• ½ pint of milk
• 1 egg
• Salt
• Dripping
• Pepper

Method

1. Make batter — Mix the flour, milk, egg, and a little salt into a smooth batter.
2. Prepare tin — Put enough dripping into a Yorkshire pudding tin to form a thin layer when melted. Pour in about a quarter of the batter and bake until set.
3. Add meat — Season the steak with salt and pepper, then place it on the partially set batter.
4. Top and bake — Pour in the remainder of the batter over the meat. Bake quickly until the batter has risen and set, then more slowly until the meat is sufficiently cooked.
5. Serve — Cut into squares, arrange neatly overlapping on a hot dish, and serve at once.

Tags: beef steak, flour, milk, eggs, dripping · Source: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)