Toad in the hole with onion gravy and garlic cabbage

You’ll return time and again to this crowd-pleasing recipe of batter-covered baked sausages. Skip the garlic cabbage if you like and serve with another green vegetable of your choice. This is designed to be a low cost recipe.

Ingredients

For the batter

• 225g/8oz plain flour
• salt and black pepper
• 3 free-range eggs
• 300ml/10fl oz milk
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 8 sausages

For the onion gravy

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions, finely sliced
• ½ tsp English mustard
• 500ml/18fl oz stock (from a stock cube, ideally beef although chicken or vegetable is fine)

For the garlic cabbage

• 1 Savoy cabbage, shredded, core discarded
• ½ tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic, peeled and finely chopped