Argh!! Maybe the Atkins diet is the answer!

Hey Sabina...
Yorkshire Puddings were originally cooked in a tin under the rotating spit on which roast beef was cooking - the juices from the meat dripped on to it, giving a delicious flavour. In Yorkshire, it is still cooked around the meat tin and is served as a first course before the meat and vegetables.

Nowadays, they seem more likely to accompany the 'main' course alongside the roast beef, roast potatoes and vegetables, although I'm sure in some parts of Britain, it is still enjoyed the traditional way. The ingredients are as follows

INGREDIENTS: Lard - a little, melted, Plain flour - 110 g (4 oz), Egg - 1, Milk - 300 ml.

COOKING: 1. Pre-heat oven to 220C / 425F / Gas 7.
2. Put a little lard in 12 individual Yorkshire pudding tins (or deep bun tins or muffin tins as these are deep) or a single large tin and leave in the oven until the fat is very VERY hot. (I mean... Blue Smoke HOT!)
3. Place the flour in a bowl, then make a well in the centre and break in the egg. Add half the milk and, using a wooden spoon, gradually work in the flour. Beat the mixture until it is smooth then add the remaining milk. Beat until well mixed and the surface is covered with tiny bubbles.
(I usually make this atleast 30 mins before you need it so that it can chill in the refridgerator!)
4. Pour the batter into the tins (depending on tin depth, I usually fill 1/3 of each tin) and bake for 10 to 15 minutes for individual puddings; 30 to 40 minutes, if using a large tin, until risen and golden brown.

Voila! You now have your yorkshire puddings... crisp on top, and i like mine ever-so-slightly soggy on the base.

I hope this helps... should you need a pic have a look at to see what the end result is like... here we go... feast your eyes:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...s?q=yorkshire+pudding&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=N

Will
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Hey James...

Bedtime Story huh? I'll bring a selection for ya... we can all take turns... at reading you a story I mean lol... :-[
It'll all be awesome bud if it works out... I've just thought... I should've said Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding in the interview instead!!!!

Jess would like me to make her a GYP (Giant Yorkshire Pudding) for her Traditional Sunday Roast, do you have any preference? Oh my word... this should be a whole topic... So much for the Atkins Diet Topic!! Just the meat then ay! Lol.

TTFN DEAR CHAP!

 

I could make Irish Stew (and probably would, to be fair!)

Though personally, I dun like the stuff...

It's the celery. Eugh. Celery.

*shudder*

 

GYP!!GYP!! Last time i had one of those was in a pub in Ledbury. Got as far as the peas inside when i found a daddy long legs staring at me..alteast he was cooked!

They refunded the meal and gave me free ICE CREAM!! So i was very very happy!

Your onto a winner there mate.....Will The Roastie King!

J.

 

Daddy long legs... eeeeeek! But hey.. the ice cream compensation seemed fair! So I guess when we all meet up again in London, we're all going for a Roast Beef & Yorkshire Meal then??? (Minus the added protein with eight legs)

Hehehe... I like it... The Roastie King ;D ;D

 

I hear there is a pub which does an excellent roast...called the Rose & Crown!

I'm a big fan of the whole Sunday Roast thing...except apple sauce, just cant bring myself to like it!

J
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I dont like apple sauce either James...or daddy long legs come to think of it!

@ Will – my parents can be very traditional at times being the true bred yorkshiremen they are as well as generations of the family before them! So often they will eat the YP first then hit the meat and veg. Me tho I like to pile everything into the middle of the GYP. Sunday roasts were something i really missed when i was at uni, and me and my housemates all used to crave them but hardly ever did one for ourselves coz we knew they wouldnt taste as good as our mums. I even have a photo of one of my mums roasts on my phone which i took when i went home one weekend coz it was just the best! Now i’m back living at home i get one every week yummy!

 

awww...thats cool.....could you smell it every time you looked at the photo?

J
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hehe I have just sent u the photo i am on about!

 

Hey all

Haven'e been on here for a couple of days and got very spaced out reading a whole topic on Sunday Roasts - I would be your new best friend Will, love Yorkshire Puddings, as long as you can make them so they rise and don't lie flat and soggy, I prefer the smaller ones with loads of gravy, yum, thinking about Sunday lunch and it's only Thursday!

My speciality is Chicken New Yorkers - Chicken, bacon and cheese all wrapped up together served with fries or a cheesey pasta, yum, can't you tell it's getting closer to my lunchbreak!

Was one of your questions favorite food then Will? I read that someone else had that and a Sunday Roast was my immediate thought - better than 'what do you think of the royal family!'

What did everyone else get asked then?

P.S. Nice to see you back Jess, thought you'd decided to stay away until results time.

Lou
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<<< SHOCK!!! >>> Lol... The day my yorkies turn out flat i the day is give up cooking!!! So no worries there then... hehehehe.

(I've got this image of being questioned by U.S Department of Homeland Security on why I have 2 big Yorkshire Pudding Trays in my luggage!!!)

And with regards to questions... I'll 'IM' you and let you know.

 

Guys if any of you make it out there you will have to drop by my apartment as I love baking so im always gonna be making cookies and cakes for my roomies - I cant wait to make a pumkin pie

 

I guess you didn't manage to make one for halloween then? Ok... Looks like it'll be just like the olden days... "I'll swap you a dozen cookies for a roast dinner" hehehe 

I suppose Heinz Tomato Sauce (ok... ketchup grrrrrr...) is rare then... unless we go to the ex-pat shops and buy it for twice the price...  :

I bet there's a little black market going on with things people are missing... Incidentally, I foind a good site called CYBERCANDY where you can order anything from around the world and have it shipped to you. Here take a look...

http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/aaasmt/

Enjoy and don't spend all your bucks too fast! 

 

Its not Keptchup that i am going to miss...but the curry ketchup they make now, can't live without that stuff.

Might have to get mum and dad to sent it over!!

J
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LMAO - Big C130 Hercules Aircraft with internatonal aid parcels dropping out of the sky into the grounds of the commons!! hehehe PRICELESS!

 

Reminds me of the XXXX advert......

I will also really miss Tesco tinned curry...when your in a rush nothing beats it on toast.

J.

 

If I'm successful, I'm gonna have to start shopping at Asda/Wallmart to get used to their stuff I reckon... I'll pick a can of tinned curry up for ya fella to see if its any good...

 

Will I work at ASDA and most of the food stuff at Walmart is totally different - With Walmart in the States I cant even get away from ASDA for the year! I cant complain though - I have a Walmart discount card

 

Ahhhh... Discount Card... Ok, I'll swap you if I get to come out... Sunday Roasts & Translation services for discount... hehehe... hope ur well.

 

The only similarity i found between Walmart and Asda was that they have the same bags...you know with the smiley face thing on it---->

And they have the same 'value' range of products with the same logo that they use back here in the uk. Also...the fruit & veg isle in Walmart is ttiiinnyyy....and the snack isles are huge! about 5 of them!!

J.
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