And what was the reaction to this kind and generous offer.... Yes, we'll come over but are you going to make Yorkshire puddings? Firstly, isn't it a bit rude to make requests when you have been kindly asked to dinner? And secondly, what the hell is a Yorkshire pudding?
Some internet searchery later I was enlightened about this seemingly simple recipe that everyone apparently has difficulty cooking. Flour, eggs, milk, water, salt and pepper. How hard can it be??
The trick (according to my friends Nan) is to have the muffin tray with oil really hot and your mixture fridge cold. Then they will rise into glorious little puffs of amazingness. But I was skeptical. Would they, could they possibly work?
The photo doesn't really do them justice. They did indeed rise and took on a beautiful golden hue. And more importantly they were delicious. For someone who loves pancakes, tortillas, pizza bases and other bready things, they were on the very scrumptious end of the scale.
I LOVE yorkshire puddings (being from Yorkshire). They remind me of Sunday roast at my Grandmas. But no matter how much I try I cannot make them like she did. I blame the oven :)
ReplyDeleteIt is totally the oven!
ReplyDeleteWith having a family of Scots we always had Yorkshire pudding with our roasts at granny's on a sunday mmmmmm yum
ReplyDeleteI LOVE yorkies as well. My mum makes a family roast on a regular basis and we always argue over who is getting the spare yorkies. Traditionally the are served with beef, but we have them with all roasts - and no I can't make them like mum does :(
ReplyDeleteYours is one of the first blogs I looked at, when just browsing around before I knew we had to post comments. LOVE the title and the blog is yummy!