Toad in the Hole - Talk to Me

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I've never made or indeed eaten this before but we have some really good sausages and little else so for dinner I am contemplating it.
Is it actually nice?
Is it foolproof, or do I risk ruining the sausages?

Mmmm onion gravy.

In that case can I also recommend you add a dsah of Hendersons?

I always use Hendersons. It's a bugger to find in London though.

It was a huge success. I was rather proud as I've never even made yorkshire puddings before.
The only problem was, it rose beautifully but as soon as I took it out of the oven it collapsed. Is there a secret to keeping it puffy?

it does deflate pretty quickly once you take it out. You have to leave it in until the last possible minute. On the ocado site, there is a recipe for toad in the hole, with onions, sage and apple juice - it is heavenly.

Can't remember if it was Nigel Slaters recipe or my own invention but I had a big spoonful of wholegrain mustard to the batter mix - scrumptious.

Ooh lovely. I added loads of fresh rosemary and some finely chopped red onions to the batter. It was so nice. I think it will become one of our regular meals.

We didn't have mash, I'm not sure I would, it was so heavy and filling as it was.

When I'm doing YP in stoneware, it stays up provided that it is done well enough - if you're doing individual YPs in the muffin tin, you can see on the sides when the sides are no long white but are turning nicely golden brown that its cooked long enough and they don't collapse this way - not sure whether this method works in normal pans as well...