In the Cauldron

Edition #07

By: Zyan Bramen
Hello and Welcome to the revived series of 'In the Cauldron' our recipe blog where we create and share Harry Potter/IG seasonal baked goods for you try out.

We have decided to go down the savoury route today, with a British classic that we feel confident would be a popular edition to any feast table.

So what is this mystery meal? Why Toad in the Hole of course. A delightful dish comprised of classic yorkshire pudding and sausages.

Now what are you waiting for, time to go preheat that oven (or not if you're anything like me) and get baking.

Toad in the Hole

Ingredients:
12 sausages of your choice
1 tbsp sunflower oil
For the batter
140g plain flour
Pinch of salt
2 eggs
175ml semi-skimmed milk

Recipe:

In a roasting tin lightly coat with oil and cook the sausages until brown.
While the sausages are cooking make the batter.
Mix the flour and salt in a bowl, then crack the eggs and slowly mix in with the flour.
Once the egg is mixed in, slowly add the milk stirring as you do.
Leave this mixture to sit while the sausages cook.
When the sausages are browned, carefully remove from the oven.
Pour over the mixture and put back into the oven from 30minutes until risen and golden.

The Side - Gravy

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 cups warm stock (your choice)
Salt and Pepper to taste

Recipe:

In a pot melt the butter. When it's melted and sizzling, whisk in the flour.
Whisk until the flour and butter turn into a smooth paste and look medium blonde in color; about 1 minute. It should smell like browned butter.
Pour in stock and whisk until smooth.
Bring the gravy to a low simmer. As it simmers, it thickens and becomes glossy.
Season to taste, and serve hot.

Allergy Edition

As a fellow allergy buddy, I of course had to include a quick guide to making the above recipes allergy free! I hope if this is relevant to you, it makes sense and you enjoy it just as much as I did :D

Swaps:

*All dairy products can be swapped with your choice of dairy-free alternatives
*All soda is optional, and could be replaced with coffee or chai.
*Vanilla is optional and could be removed entirely.

Hopefully by now you have followed our recipe and come up with something delicious, and so we have a small challenge for you! If you have decided to follow our recipe why not take a picture of it and tag us on social media, the top five entries (judged for presentation and taste of course) will recieve a special IG prize to help their characters get baking as well!
And just in case you forgot; our socials are worldofpotterus ~ Instagram and Facebook and worldofpotter.us ~ TikTok.

We hope you enjoyed this recipe as much as we did and if you have a recipe you would like to see featured in our next edition don't hesitate to drop Zyan an owl