Toad-in-the-Hole

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

6 oz. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1 pint of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
3 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a few slices of cold mutton
pepper and salt to taste ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
pepper and salt to taste ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
2 kidneys ↝ Kidney [Liver and organ meats]

Instructions (5)

Make a smooth batter of flour, milk, and eggs in the above proportion.
Butter a baking-dish, and pour in the batter.
Into this place a few slices of cold mutton, previously well seasoned, and the kidneys, which should be cut into rather small pieces.
Bake about 1 hour, or rather longer.
Send it to table in the dish it was baked in.

Original Text

TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE (Cold Meat Cookery).

743. INGREDIENTS.—6 oz. of flour, 1 pint of milk, 3 eggs, butter, a few slices of cold mutton, pepper and salt to taste, 2 kidneys.

Mode.—Make a smooth batter of flour, milk, and eggs in the above proportion; butter a baking-dish, and pour in the batter. Into this place a few slices of cold mutton, previously well seasoned, and the kidneys, which should be cut into rather small pieces; bake about 1 hour, or rather longer, and send it to table in the dish it was baked in. Oysters or mushrooms may be substituted for the kidneys, and will be found exceedingly good.

Time.—Rather more than 1 hour.

Average cost, exclusive of the cold meat, 8d.

Seasonable at any time.

Notes

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