American-Style Popovers and Yorkshire Pudding

Name: American-Style Popovers and Yorkshire Pudding
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 cup sifted unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, or bacon grease plus 1 tablespoon for greasing; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, or bacon grease plus 1 tablespoon for greasing; 1 cup milk of your choice; Salt; Plain bread crumbs and/or hard grating cheese as needed; Plain bread crumbs and/or hard grating cheese as needed; 2 large eggs; Pepper from the mill

Preparation info

FFR—8 popovers or 1 yorkshire pudding to serve
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Making of a Cook

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1997

About

You will need 8 deep custard cups or one 8-inch-square pan. For a different old-fashioned English popover recipe. The bacon fat or butter can be replaced by the same amount of unsaturated oil.

Ingredients

1 cup sifted unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, or bacon grease plus

Americas
Europe
France
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Place the flour in a medium-size bowl and make a well in it. Add the chosen fat and, using a small whisk, gradually blend in the milk, salt and pepper to taste, and each egg separately until the mixture has the texture of heavy cream. Let stand 10 minutes. Preheat the oven to 450°F.