odzer's blog

This weekend I decided to cook a casserole dish. Rather it was an idea from a friend with a vegetarian girlfriend. I really hate the idea of ‘changing’ a dish to suit someone’s eating preferences but somehow I liked the recipe and I said to myself, ‘what the hell’. So I am not going to rant on and on about how terrible vegetarian people are and how they cause endless suffering to those around them but move on to talking about the dish itself…..

So as far as Toad in the hole is concerned it is one of those dishes that the UK people seem to have put together in their sleep. Chunks or big pieces tossed in a dish and left to cook. It is often said that if you do not know how to cook, cook something British and no one will ever notice. However apart from the obvious ugliness of this particular dish it came out to be rather tasty. I am sorry though you will just have to take my word for it.I added carrots, tomatoes, corn, french beans, onion and garlic to the dish. The base was composed of flour, eggs and mustard. As this dish bakes it floats to the top and rises up much like how a doughnut does when you fry it. The only difference is that the dish only uses about 2tbsp of oil. I think I may want to do a more genuine version of Toad in the hole in the future, provided I can lay my hands on some good sausages……