Yorkshire Pudding question

[MinnesotaMike]

Has anyone here posted a recipe for Yorkshire pudding? I have no idea what it is. Is it actually pudding, or something else? If it's good, I'd love to suggest it to my wife.

[Christmas_mama]

I can not believe you have never had a yorkshire pud! It can be used as a pudding, when eaten with jam or other sweet sauces. I however like it savoury to accompany a roast dinner (on the plate with the roast and veg etc) and covered in gravey or apple sauce :)

The recipe is virtually the same as pancake mixture :elf3: I pre-heat a little butter in a baking tray with 12 individual cake indents. I pour the mixture in to the tray to make 12 yorkshire puddings and pop them into the oven. Alternatively you can buy pre-cooked frozen yorkshire puds to pop into the oven or microwave :elf3:

This recipe seems about right:

http://britishfood.about.com/od/regionalenglishrecipes/r/yorkspuds.htm

[Christmas_mama]

Hold on, if you've never had yorkshire pudding, does this mean you've never had toad in the hole?? :eek:

[tinkerbell2]

Hold on, if you've never had yorkshire pudding, does this mean you've never had toad in the hole?? :eek:

Ohhhh, Toad in the hole........love it....:elf1:

[Christmas_mama]

Ohhhh, Toad in the hole........love it....:elf1:

I may have to make this for my dinner now... :elf1:

[Merry Christmas Darling]

I make my Yorkshire pudding in a pie plate and then we take servings from that. We don't have frozen ones at the grocery.

[Merry Christmas Darling]

I went downstairs to get my recipe.

Yorkshire Pudding
Beat 2 eggs well. Add 1 cup milk and continue beating. Add 1 cup all-purpose flour with 1/2 teaspoon salt and beat until smooth. Put 3 tablespoons hot drippings* from roast into 9-inch pie pan. Heat. When hot, pour in batter. Bake in preheated hot oven (425 F) for 25 minutes.

*The drippings are what gives this pudding such great flavor! It's a side dish, not a dessert in our house.

My recipe comes from Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery, Vol. 3, p. 444.

Note: The beef is roasted in the oven rather that cooked on top of the stove. The pudding is baked while the roast is cooling.

[ornamentmaven]

Thanks for this everyone. I always heard of Yorkshire pudding and never had it! It is not that common a dish in the USA

[MinnesotaMike]

Neither is Toad in a Hole. WTF????

[tinkerbell2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/images/food_16x9_448/recipes/toadinthehole_83871_16x9.jpg


Tis lovely....:elf1:

[MinnesotaMike]

I am TOTALLY going to see about getting these into the mix for this year!!

[MinnesotaMike]

I'm going to need to do some research. It would seem that most of you here prefer a "savory" version as opposed to a "sweet" one. Utilizing it as a side dish sounds like a cool idea. Especially, when you consider the vast amount of sweets that are already present at a Christmas gathering.

[Christmas_mama]

Neither is Toad in a Hole. WTF????

Basically sausages in a big yorkshire pud with loads of gravey. It's delicious! http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr285/croatoan5376/Emoticons/smiley_emoticons_leckerer2.gif

[ChantelleJoy]

Yorkshire Pudding is MY FAVORITE!!! But we usually don't have it at Christmas - we'll have it whenever we have Pot Roast dinners. Yorkshire covered in Brown Gravy is THE BEST.

PS: While not as popular as the UK - I'm pretty sure people up here in Canada have all pretty much heard of Yorkshire Pudding.

[MinnesotaMike]

I've heard of it. I just always imagined it as actually being a type of pudding (in other words...a dessert, maybe like tapioca or something.)

[Christmas_mama]

I've heard of it. I just always imagined it as actually being a type of pudding (in other words...a dessert, maybe like tapioca or something.)

What on earth is a tapioca? :dizzy:

[MinnesotaMike]

What on earth is a tapioca? :dizzy:

Tapioca pudding (similar to sago pudding) is a sweet pudding made with tapioca (a starch extracted from a root) and either milk, or for lactose intolerant individuals, coconut milk. Coconut milk is also used in cases in which the flavor is preferred or in areas in which it is a commonplace ingredient for cooking. It is made in many cultures with equally varying styles, and may be produced in a variety of ways. Its consistency ranges from thin (runny), to thick, to firm enough to eat with a fork.

The pudding can be made from scratch using tapioca in a variety of forms: flakes, coarse meal, sticks, and pearls. Many commercial packaged mixes are also available.

[ChantelleJoy]

What on earth is a tapioca? :dizzy:

Mike's description is right, but here's a visual.

The closest thing that it's similar to is really wet Rice Pudding;

http://www.cafearomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tapioca-pudding.jpg

(I'd have to say that most people I know don't enjoy Tapioca, due to the texture, although the flavour is not all dissimilar to Rice Pudding).

[Christmas_mama]

Mike's description is right, but here's a visual.

The closest thing that it's similar to is really wet Rice Pudding;

http://www.cafearomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tapioca-pudding.jpg

(I'd have to say that most people I know don't enjoy Tapioca, due to the texture, although the flavour is not all dissimilar to Rice Pudding).

Urgh! http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp177/scrappinkym/Smiley%20Emoticons/smilie_krank_142.gif That looks horrid!

I don't like rice pudding either - it makes me gag. I think it's the texture http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp177/scrappinkym/Smiley%20Emoticons/smilie_krank_142.gif Blergh.

[ChantelleJoy]

Urgh! http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp177/scrappinkym/Smiley%20Emoticons/smilie_krank_142.gif That looks horrid!

I don't like rice pudding either - it makes me gag. I think it's the texture http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp177/scrappinkym/Smiley%20Emoticons/smilie_krank_142.gif Blergh.

Haha, yes, I'm not a fan of either, either. I think that it's most popular with the Under-3 and Over-70 crowd ;)

[MinnesotaMike]

I LOVE tapioca pudding!!! I know I'm in the minority. To me, it tastes like a really sweet vanilla flavor. The texture is definitely what gets people though.

[ornamentmaven]

I enjoy tapioca pudding as well! I love the texture!