Tall, Crisp Yorkshire Puddings

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Source: Serious Eats — J. Kenji López-Alt, The Best Yorkshire Pudding.

A the best yorkshire pudding recipe for 8 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep5 min
Cook30 min
Total35 min
DifficultyMedium
Per serving228 kcal
Servings8Recipe makes 8
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Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

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Method

  1. 1

    Chill. Mix eggs flour milk water and now salt in a medium bowl and beat until a smooth batter is formed let now batter rest at room temperature for at now least 30 minutes alternatively for best results move to an airtight container and chill batter overnight or for up to now 3 days take out from refrigerator while you heat the oven tweak oven rack to now center position and heat oven to 230°C split drippings or now other fat evenly between two 20 cm cast iron or oven safe now non stick skillets two 6 now well popover tins see notes now one 12 well standard muffin now tin or one 24 now well mini muffin tin heat in the oven until the fat now is smoking hot about 10 minutes move the pans or tins to a now heat proof surface such now as an aluminum baking tray on your stovetop and split the batter evenly between every well or now between the two pans now if using pans the now wells should be filled between 1 now 2 and 3 4 of the way now if using pans they should be filled now about 1 4 of the way immediately put back to oven cook in the oven until the yorkshire puddings have just about now quadrupled in volume are deep brown all over now crisp to the touch and sound hollow when tapped now smaller ones will take about 15 minutes popover now or skillet sized ones will take around 25 minutes bring to the table immediately or leave to go cold now completely move to a zipper lock freezer now bag and freeze for up now to 3 months reheat in now a hot toaster oven before serving.

Storage

Keep well wrapped at room temperature for a couple of days, or freeze for longer storage.

EU nutrition claims

  • Low sugars: 2.2 g sugars per 100 g (limit ≤ 5 g)

Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 54 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

0 g per serving

0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • baking tin or tray

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy228 kcal
Protein5.8 g
Carbohydrate15.5 g
of which sugars1.2 g
of which free sugars0 g
Fat15.8 g
of which saturates3.2 g
Fibre0.5 g
Salt0.36 g

Protein per 100 kcal

2.5 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values