Tiny Toads in the Hole

Sarah_Jayne's Note:

Toad in the hole is one of those British dishes with a name that make most outsiders giggle. Really though it is just sausages baked into a batter - yummy. These are a tiny bite sized version much like pigs in a blanket.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 -3 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 3 fluid ounces milk
• 1 egg
• 1 2⁄3; ounces plain flour , sifted
• 12 cocktail franks
• ketchup , to serve

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put a generous half-teaspoonful of sunflower oil in the bottom of each cup of a deep 12-hole mini muffin pan set on a baking tray.
3. Pour the milk into a jug, add the egg, flour and a pinch of salt and whisk everything together with a hand blender or wire whisk until a smooth batter forms.
4. Put the muffin pan in the oven for a minute or so until the oil is very hot.
5. Carefully remove from the oven and quickly fill the cups just under two-thirds full (this may not seem enough batter, but they puff up in the oven).
6. Drop a sausage into each cup and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown, well risen and crisp.
7. Serve with ketchup.