Post by wilderness on Aug 3, 2023 7:06:18 GMT -5
Tadpole in the Hole--Breakfast Sausage and Kale Dutch Baby-Birdy
allrecipes.com/recipe/8501678/tadpole-in-the-hole-breakfast-sausage-and-kale-dutch-baby
As far as the recipe name goes, the first test batch came out looking like a fun-sized version of Toad in the Hole, and so it basically wrote itself. This can be done with any type of braising greens, as well as different kinds of sausage, but I thought the "brown-and-serve" style breakfast links were fast, easy, and paired perfectly. No matter how you tweak yours, I really hope you give this a try soon. Enjoy! Chef John
2 Single-Serving Dutch Babies
1 small bunch stemmed kale
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
6 cooked breakfast sausage links
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 large eggs
1 ½ teaspoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
1 pinch cayenne pepper
½ cup whole milk
Place a pot of lightly salted water over high heat and bring to a brisk boil. Add kale and boil until leaves just start to get tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Place kale into a bowl of cold water, then drain. Gently squeeze out as much excess water as possible and roughly chop kale; set kale aside. You will need about 1/2 cup of chopped kale.
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook sausage links until browned, 2 minutes per side. Remove from skillet.
Use butter and fat from cooking to grease two 9-ounce baking dishes.
Whisk together flour, eggs, maple syrup, salt, pepper, and cayenne in a bowl. Whisk until flour disappears. Pour in milk and whisk to combine. Stir in about 1/2 cup chopped kale and mix in with a fork.
Ladle mixture into prepared baking dishes - the depth of the batter needs to be about 1/2 inch deep. Place sausage links on top of the mixture.
Place dishes in the center of a cold oven. Turn heat to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C) and leave in for about 25 minutes. Remove and serve.
COOK'S NOTES:
You can use any chopped braising green instead of kale, like chard, spinach, etc.
The two baking dishes I used were 9-ounces each, but this can be made in any shaped baking dish or pan, as long as the batter is about 1/2 inch deep once poured in.
Add a poached egg to the top if desired.
Online Comment:
11/23/2022
Excellent flavor. However, the time & temperature allowed some of the egg mixture to burn to the sides of the bowl. I think this would work better if the heat were reduced to 450 or so.
