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Hello and welcome to my blog.

This is my very first one, so bear with me and enjoy reading about my adventures cooking all of the recipes from Nigella Lawson's new book 'Kitchen'.

From time-to-time I may post about things other than cooking, after all, Nigella does sell a lifestyle that most women would like have a slice of, so I would like to share a bit of mine - not quite as glamorous but fun none-the-less (may I add that most of my ideas and thoughts revolve around food anyway)!

Just to set the scene a little, I am based in Yorkshire, live with my husband and gorgeous toddler who is rapidly approaching his second year. I work in the events industry and love music, books, fashion, culture and of course... food.

Enjoy.

Goddess Mx (meant in the loosest possible sense, believe me)!

Thursday, 3 March 2011

A fluke but it worked!

I must have mentioned before that the making of a perfect Toad in the Hole in our house has been no mean feat. The batter has either been too thick, too thin, has failed to rise or risen way too much. So it was with reluctance that I bought some sausages to give it another go, already thinking that the whole thing was doomed to failure.

I whisked some eggs and milk together then squeezed the sausage meat out of six fine sausages to form twelve meat patties. These were then browned off in some olive oil and the batter added to the hot roasting dish with some sprigs of thyme to be immediately place in a hot, hot oven. Pondering over why I had too much batter, I realised to my distress that I had forgotten to add plain flour. I tried to whisk flour into the hot tin (I know stupidly dangerous) and the batter started to fly around my kitchen. I decanted the whole sorry mess into a mixing bowl and whisked before quickly chucking it all back together and into the oven before breathing a sigh of relief. Domestic goddess? Whatever!


Amazingly I was thrilled with my Toad in the Hole which looked not too disimilar to Nigella's in the book. Master M thought it was too doughy but I seriously thought it was perfect! Question to all you foodie bloggers: what consistency should Toad in the Hole batter be - light, or stodgy (in a good way)?

Goddess Mx
Posted by Domestic Goddess Wannabe at 11:39
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19 comments:

  1. Rhyleysgranny3 March 2011 at 12:35

    Oh my goodness look at the way that has risen. How good are you? Well done it looks amazing :)

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  2. Anonymous3 March 2011 at 13:41

    I'm not sure because I've never actually heard of Toad in the Hole. However, your photo looks tasty! And, I love sausage.

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  3. Unknown3 March 2011 at 14:23

    This is what I am making tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes. I actually quite like a stodgy (in a nice way) 'giant Yorkshire pudding' with lots of gravy. :)

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  4. Beth3 March 2011 at 16:24

    I'm not a Toad in the Hole expert, so I can't say. But if it tasted great, that's all that counts!

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  5. Farm Girl3 March 2011 at 16:26

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  6. La Bella Cooks3 March 2011 at 19:17

    I have yet to try this one but it looks to me like you did a brilliant job judging from how high it rose. As long as it tasted good to you, that is the only thing that matters.

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  7. Manu4 March 2011 at 00:57

    Beautiful! LOL♥

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  8. Metropolitan Mum4 March 2011 at 13:45

    Erm... pretty? Is it supposed to be pretty? And what is it? I mean, what IS a toad in a whole? It's got sausage in it, right? Ahhh, six years in London and I still haven't had a toad! I am such a chicken :)

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  9. Brownieville Girl5 March 2011 at 01:31

    I have actually given up on toad in the hole - it never comes out right for me! Perhaps I should follow your methodology!!

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  10. littlekarstar5 March 2011 at 01:46

    I've always wondered about the oddly named toad-in-the-hole!

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  11. Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes6 March 2011 at 05:34

    I've never heard of 'toad in the hole' ~ it sounds interesting though!

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  12. grannymar6 March 2011 at 12:13

    That is amazing! I want to eat it right out of the picture, this minute!

    Grannymar

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  13. Anonymous6 March 2011 at 16:01

    I've not had this before but I would want to try one if I'm ever in England! Your experience with forgetting an ingredient and adding it at the last minute sounds familiar too and I'm glad it worked out in the end. :)

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  14. Emily9 March 2011 at 05:52

    Wow! Never knew what that actually was! Looks fab though! x LondonZest

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  15. Velva9 March 2011 at 12:02

    Until I stumbled across your blog, I had never heard of a dish called Toad in the Hole...First, it is a very cool name and yours looks fabulous. I need to do some research on this dish. Thanks for sharing.

    Velva

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  16. Victoria | Hibiscus Bloem12 March 2011 at 08:10

    Toad in the Hole - such a great name eh!
    I see you won a giveaway at my cousin's blog Mimi Grace. Lucky you and congrats. Happy weekending.

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  17. fiftyfinally13 March 2011 at 12:10

    I gotta say when i saw this thing in her book i thought it sounded good, but was the whole process worth it....really. I've made yorkshire pudding a few times,(I once made 50 of the little buggers) but the stress of the whole extremly hot oil and kids running around and will it or won't it work.....I think it only ever works when under extreme stress
    But your toad looks good Did you cool the dough in fridge before throwing into the oven like one does before slopping yorkshire batter into hot muffin tins?

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  18. Sudha28 March 2011 at 05:38

    Just watched Nigella making this the other day on her TV show!It looks awesome actually and I'm sure it tasted lovely too:)

    Cheers!
    Wit,wok&wisdom

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  19. claire3 April 2011 at 18:19

    looks amazing! i cant believe how great and similar to the real thing you got it!

    thanks for sharing!

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