Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall served up tasty toad in the hole with English Mustard, prunes and apples on This Morning.

The ingredients are: 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 6 large butcher’s sausages, 6 shallots, peeled, or 2 medium onions, peeled and quartered, 2 medium eating apples, cored and quartered, About 12 pitted prunes (or dried apricots), 1 tsp English mustard and About 2 tsp roughly chopped sage, plus a few extra whole leaves (optional).

For the batter: 75g plain white flour, 75g fine plain wholemeal flour, 3 medium eggs, 200ml whole milk, Sea salt and black pepper.

See recipes by Hugh in his book titled: River Cottage Good Comfort: Best-Loved Favourites Made Better for You available from Amazon now.