The Yorkshire pudding attempt on Christmas day was a thumping success.
We used the following recipe from James Beard's _American Cookery_
cookbook, with technique exceptions (and the below serves roughly 6,
so we doubled it and it doubled beautifully):

2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
beef drippings

Beat the eggs until quite light and gradually beat in the milk and
sifted flour. Or put all at once into an electric mixer or blender and
beat or whirl for a few seconds, just until the batter is smooth.
Flavor with salt and pepper and add, if you like, 2 tablespoons
drippings. Heat the muffin tin and pour in a heavy layer of hot
drippings. Then pout in the batter and bake at 450° F about 10 mins.
Rduce the heat to 375° F and continue baking for 15 to 20 mins or
until beautifully brown and puffy. Do not open the oven door during
the first 20 minutes of baking.

The technique exceptions: After making the batter, we took Dora's
counsel and let it rest for an hour (and, yes, Dora, they were
popover-ish, which is how we first ever had a Yorkshire pudding in
England when we lived there as teenagers). Afraid that we wouldn't
have enough drippings, I bought 1/2 lb. of suet (ground) along with
the roast. Sure enough, there weren't enough drippings, so we melted
the suet in the microwave. There were also lovely bits of beef in the
suet to add to the flavor. Nancy Dooley, Phil, Wazza and Michael all
counseled that the drippings be heated to very hot in the oven before
pouring in the batter, which we did. We also followed Michael's
suggestion to put 1/4 inch of drippings into each muffin round. The
baking time was as the recipe suggested and the puddings turned out
beautifully browned and as big as popovers. Everyone raved about them
and now the DH, who heretofore was proud of his ability to get corned
beef hash out of a can and into a skillet, and our kids think he
actually knows how to cook!

Thanks to all of you for helping us get a lovely Yorkshire pudding on
the table on Christmas Day!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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