Ingredients
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4 Whole Eggs
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1 cup Milk
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1 cup Flour
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a pinch Salt
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1/2 tsp in each Yorkie cup Vegetable Oil
Directions
The secret of a delicious Yorkshire pudding is a very hot oven, smoking hot grease/fat, and the right mixture of eggs, milk, and flour. It is crispy and light and delicious.
How to Make Yorkshire Puddings:
- Measure your eggs into a large measuring bowl (usually 4 whole eggs).
- Measure exactly the same amount of milk as eggs.
- Measure out exactly the same amount of all purpose flour as eggs.
- In other words, if your eggs measured 1 cup, then you’d want a cup of milk and a cup of flour. Now you have the three key ingredients for never-fail Yorkshires… but there’s more!
- Using a mixer, blend together the eggs and the milk and add a pinch of salt. Let that sit on the counter to rest in a bowl for about 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, take out a 12 cup muffin tin or a 6 popover popover tin.
- Pinch off about a pea size bit of beef fat, lard or, if you want, you can use vegetable oil (approximately 1/2 tsp in each cup. Veg oil does not impart the roasted meat taste, but it is a decent substitute if you need one.
- Now, your egg mixture should have rested long enough.
- Now it’s time to add the flour, but you’ll want to sift it quickly into the egg/milk mixture.
- Use your hand mixer and incorporate the flour, eggs, and milk together well until the consistency is like a thick cream. Let this mixture rest on the counter for at least 30 minutes or longer.
- About 15 minutes before you’re ready to bake, preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
- Pop in the tin with the fat on the bottom and put in the hot oven until it starts to smoke. This takes about 10 minutes.
- Remove the tin and quickly fill each cup about half way. You’ll know the pans are ready if you hear the batter sizzle as you pour it in.
- Return the pan quickly to the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Whatever you do, DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN while they bake.
- You can watch the show through the glass door. After about 8 minutes, your Yorkies will begin to rise and they will emerge from your oven gorgeous, browned, and crisp. Enjoy!
