Vegetarian Toad in the Hole with Golden Onion Gravy

Name: Vegetarian Toad in the Hole with Golden Onion Gravy
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 sprig rosemary or thyme plus 3 tsp chopped fresh rosemary or thyme, according to preference; 3 red onions; salt, pepper and lemon juice to season; 480 ml / 16 fl oz / 2 cups hot vegetable stock; 120 ml / 4 fl oz / ½ cup white wine; 500 g / 1 lb 2 oz large flat chestnut mushrooms; 10 g / ½ oz dried porcini; 2 tbsp hot water plus extra for the porcini; 2 individual pinches / 40-60 saffron strands, crushed; 300 ml / ½ pt / 1 ¼ cups milk; 2 tbsp flour; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; black pepper to season; grated zest of half a lemon; ¼ tsp fine sea salt; 25 g / 1 oz butter; 175 g / 6 oz / 1 ½ cups plain flour plus 2 tbsp; 2 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fool's Gold

By Sam Bilton

Published 2022

About

Ingredients

300 ml / ½ pt / 1 ¼ cups milk
2 individual

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course
Vegetarian

Method

Pour the milk into a saucepan then heat to boiling point. Stir in 1 pinch / 20-30 crushed saffron strands and leave to cool.
Infuse the remaining crushed saffron strands in the hot water. In a separate bowl pour hot water over the dried porcini then leave to soak for at least 30 minutes.
Pre-heat the o