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Herby Toad in the Hole

This family favourite marries meaty sausages with robust herbs and traditional, comforting Yorkshire pudding

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Herby Toad in the Hole

Why it works: Sage and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 465 recipes. Both carry 1,8-cineol, which smells eucalyptus, camphor. The science ↓

Herby Toad in the Hole

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1111Calories
40 gProtein
56 gFat
111 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sausage100g cooked301
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sage + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1,8-cineol (eucalyptus, camphor).

  2. Mustard + sagetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together372 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mustard + rosemarytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together315 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  4. Flour + mustardtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,066 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + sagetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, milk, sage, rosemary):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Parsnipfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, milk, sage, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.