Do you serve Yorkshire puddings with your Christmas lunch?

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This isn't a thing I or my family have ever done. But online, I see that some people do. Do you?

Yes, it's the 4th most important thing, after the meat, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets

Absolutely!
Best part for me and dh

yes

Yes, because they're so well loved and go down a treat, whereas other more traditional options probably wouldn't.
I'm talking to you red sauce and braised red cabbage.
Any old other green cabbage, yes please!

Our best year was 2 years ago at the Indian takeaway 🤣

Yes! But only because I would serve yorkshires and gravy with everything if I could 🐷

I am terrified of Yorkshire puddings 😆
Do you do them on the day, or previously? I could try and make some earlier, and freeze them.

You may as well buy Aunt Bessie's frozen one. They arent bad Yorkies.
May as well do that than have a disaster!

Always! And make them on the day. They are super easy and taste so much better fresh. BBC good food has a great full proof recipe. Just make it up and pop them in but don't open the oven until they are ready as they can go abit flat

I once made Yorkshire biscuits 😕

Yes! I love Yorkshire puddings. For Christmas I buy frozen ones (they might be aunt Bessie’s). They take five minutes in the oven after you’ve taken the turkey out. For other roasts I make my own yorkshires but there’s too much to do on Christmas day.

Might try that. Although it seems wrong somehow!

Yes. With every roast, they're lush so why deny yourself? Especially my mother's Yorkshire's, they're the best best best yps on the planet, even when they're flat they still taste the best
Never frozen ones though, little discs of cardboard disappointment

My DD does because she loves them. I think they are horrible so I never make them.

They’re a piece of piss as long as you do some very specific things.

Any cup, bowl, mug. Equal parts milk, egg, flour. Mix with no lumps. Heat fat in a metal pan (we use a cupcake one) until it is smoking. High smoke point fat so not olive oil. We use duck fat normally. Pour in very quickly and straight back in the oven. Wait for the enormous puds. And make them after everything else so they are fresh and delicious.

Yes - my family always demand that I make them 🤣

I'm not a fan of pigs in blankets, so we never have them. I'd rather have an extra slice or two of the main meat than sausages.

no, as much as i love a roast, they don't belong on Xmas dinner if you're having turkey. I might make an exemption if it's beef.

Yes. I also have them with every other roast meat. I don't save them for beef.

Yes but we have them with every roast except gammon.

Hell yeah

Aunt Bessie's here ... if I make them I like to use lard for the cooking fat. DD24 is veggie, so that is out. Plus I have no time or oven space to make them at Xmas. AB ones go in the oven for 5 min whilst serving up.

Not with turkey, no.

But with the big rib of beef on Christmas Eve: yes!

Yes, we all love them. And a couple of years ago we all decided we much preferred beef to turkey anyway so it’s a no brainer.

I am in charge of yorkshire puddings at any and all family roast dinners, including Christmas.

OP - they're really quite easy. For Christmas, I usually make the batter early in the day. It benefits from standing and it gets that task out of the way. I usually transfer the batter to an empty milk container - which makes it easier to store and to pour when I make them.

And the trick is always always always to be obsessive about the oven, pan and oil being as hot as possible before you put them in.

I’m vegan, rest of family veggie. They have lots of Aunt Bessies and husband gets up early to make me some vegan puds. So yep!!

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