Yorkshire Puddings - the golden rules are...

[suzywong]

I have a job on tomorrow night and I have been very blase about my inherent atptitude to make them perfectly.

So that I don't end up with egg on my arse flat on my face may I concur that the golden rules are:

a) have fat smoking hot before batter goes in
b) use reliable tins that are well seasoned
c) poke them on the side with a sharp knife so they don't go soggy

AOB, please?

Never, ever have i had them as a starter. They go with roast beef and gravy! Yum

Beef Dripping - sorry not vegetable oil or goose fat. Also very successful with one egg too (yorkshire lass btw). I also had a spoon of cold water just before putting in the oven, and I let the batter stand. Lovely brown crispy puddings here served with onion gravy . In fact my boys have requested one for Saturday dinner. Good luck

Oh and yes you have to have them before the meat and vegetables in true Yorkshire style, not on the plate with the dinner. The reason being was to fill you up with the cheaper ingredients so that people could afford to eat meat.

I only make little yorkshire puddings though - not the huge ones you fill.

Individual ones. Large ones are an abomination. You must eat them as a starter, with gravy and 'pickle' which is a chopped up onion, bit of chopped cucumber, marinated in vinegar and seasoned with salt, pepper and a teaspoon of sugar. Any leftover puddings can be eaten cold with jam for tea.

The reason you have them before the meat is that meat is expensive. You have the puddings to take the edge off your appetite so you don't need as much meat. I've lived in the south for 22 years now, longer than I lived in Yorkshire, but I still think it's odd seeing Yorkshire puddings on the plate next to the beef.

urgh at pickle

If I served them as a starter my dcs wouldn't eat their dinners! They'd be all full up on Yorkshires - and where would we be with the 5 a day game then??? My grandpa had them as a pudding with jam.
We have to ration them to one yp until they've finished their dinner then they can eat the rest of the tin!

I must be rich!

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MamaGryffindor, you have to try it! It may not sound good but, believe me, it's delicious!

right, well I did a test run this morning and I did get a bit of throgginess at the base but the outsides rose well and fast and high but .....they had holes in the top! Is that very very wrong?

I'm off to work now, I'll let you know how It goes while you all skip about on the moors or the plain or whatever passes for countryside oop north. Cheers

Holes are good Suzy - If you want to crisp up the bottoms, take them out of the pan and put them straight onto the oven shelf for a couple of mins/ or turn them upside down in the tray!

sooooooo many good tips

well it worked out fine, they loved them - what's not to like?

and I piled them high on a silver platter and silver served them. Fancy arn I?

thanks for all the help

Glad they worked out

Obviously, I take full credit

Well done you

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Doodle ist nice with jam

I hate pickle with ANYTHING though

Thank you wisteria