Yorkshire Puddings

This Yorkshire Pudding recipe, is simple and guarantees success. Yorkshire Puddings are one of the major components of England's national dish, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings. A tray of Yorkshire Puddings fresh from the oven should be well-risen, golden brown with a crisp exterior and soft middle.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

* 4 large, fresh eggs, measured in a jug
* Equal quantity of milk to eggs
* Equal quantity of all purpose/plain flour to eggs
* Pinch of salt
* 2 tbsp lard, beef dripping or vegetable oil

Preparation:
Serves 6

* Heat the oven to the highest temperature possible, however, do not exceed 450F/230C or the fat may burn.
* Pour the eggs and milk into a large mixing bowl and add the pinch of salt. Whisk thoroughly with an electric hand beater or hand whisk. Leave to stand for 10 minutes.
* Gradually sieve the same volume of flour (as the eggs) into the milk and egg mixture, again using an electric hand beater or hand-whisk to create a lump free batter resembling thick cream, if there are any lumps pass the batter through a fine sieve.
* Leave the batter to rest in the kitchen for a minimum of 30 minutes, longer if possible - up to several hours.
* Place a pea-sized piece of lard, dripping or ½tsp vegetable oil in a Yorkshire pudding tin (4 x 2"/5cm hole tin) or 12-hole muffin tin and heat in the oven until the fat is smoking. Give the batter another good whisk adding 2 tbsps of cold water and fill a third of each section of the tin with batter and return quickly to the oven.
* Leave to cook until golden brown approx 20 minutes. Repeat the last step again until all the batter is used up.

Serving Yorkshire Pudding
* In Yorkshire serving the pudding is traditionally with gravy as a starter dish followed by the meat and vegetables. More often smaller puddings cooked in muffin tins are served alongside meat and vegetables.
* Yorkshire pudding isn’t reserved only for Sunday lunch. A large pudding filled with a meaty stew or chili is a dish in its own right.
* Cold left-over Yorkshire Puddings make a lovely snack with a little jam or honey.
* Yorkshire Puddings do not reheat well, becoming brittle and dry.