Toad in the Veg Patch

By: Deborah

The oven roasted vegetables and sausages along with the batter flavoured with mustard and rosemary are delicious!

PREP: 15

COOK: 45

Course: Main

Cuisine: British

Servings: 4 people

125 g (4.4 oz) carrots peeled, halved and cut into wedges
1 red onion cut into 8 wedges
olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
8 sausages
125 g (4.4 oz) tenderstem broccoli tough bottom stalks peeled off, trimmed and halved lengthways
16 cherry tomatoes
160 g (5.6 oz) fresh peas in pods trimmed and cut into halves or thirds, on the diagonal (optional - see Tips)

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. First, make the batter – tip the milk, flour, mustard powder, salt, eggs and water into a blender/liquidiser (this won’t work in a food processor) and briefly whizz together until just combined. Stir in the rosemary leaves and set aside.
Put the carrots and red onion into a large, shallow roasting tin. Drizzle with some olive oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir to coat the vegetables. Spread everything out into a single layer, then nestle the sausages in among the veg. Roast at the top of the oven for 15 minutes.
Turn over the vegetables and sausages, add the broccoli and roast for a further 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and scatter over the cherry tomatoes and fresh peas (optional - see Tips).
Give the batter a quick stir, then pour it over the sausages and vegetables. Return to the oven for a further 25 to 30 minutes or until the batter has risen and is deep golden brown.
Serve with some extra sprigs of rosemary, and mustard (optional).

This recipe can be varied in so many ways…change the veg, for example: chunks of courgette, aubergine, butternut squash, sweet potato or red pepper, or how about fresh or frozen peas or broad beans. Choose any type of sausages you fancy, for example: fat, thin, flavoured or even wrapped in bacon!
We have fresh peas in my veg patch so I decided to add some at step 3, along with the cherry tomatoes.
This toad in the veg patch recipe is easily adapted if you’re cooking for less or more people.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

KEYWORDS batter, one pan, sausages, toad in the hole, vegetables, yorkshire pudding batter

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