Brits are in uproar over New York Times recipe, which claims toad-in-the-hole is actually egg on toast.
One of the newspaper’s cookery experts has adapted an American chef’s eggy dish and tried to pass it off as the British classic, which is traditionally made with sausage and Yorkshire pudding batter.
US chef Kyle Connaughton apparently dreamt up his egg on toast concoction as ‘homage’ to TV cook Heston Blumenthal, who he previously worked with.
Writing for the New York Times, food critic Florence Fabricant said: “Among the breakfast options at SingleThread is an English menu, with toad-in-the-hole as its centerpiece.
“Mr. Connaughton calls it an homage to Heston Blumenthal — the innovative English chef and owner of The Fat Duck — for whom he worked for several years.”
Chef Kyle Connaughton originally wrote the eggy recipe in homage to Heston Blumenthal
Connaughton – of the SingleThread Farm, Restaurant, Inn in Healdsburg, California – once worked with innovative chef Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, as head chef of research and development.
The original recipe, from Connaughton’s Californian restaurant, was called ‘The Mad Hatter’s Toad In The Hole’ and featured eggs served on top of a slice of toast with a hole in it.
It seems the actual ingredients and joke name of the dish didn’t register with the New York Times sparking uproar on social media from angry Brits.
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