Yorkshire Pudding Recipe; Easy and Impressive

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Yorkshire pudding is a super easy English recipe consisting of eggs, flour, salt and milk baked at a high temperature.

What Is Yorkshire Pudding?

Until you’ve been introduced to Yorkshire Pudding one may associate it with other puddings like chocolate pudding or maybe even a bread pudding but it is neither of them. Yorkshire pudding is a well known English baked savory pudding also known as batter pudding.

If you’ve ever made Yorkshire pudding and it didn’t turn out don’t worry because evidentially Guy Fieri took some time to be successful himself. I found on Spoon University where they quoted Guy as saying, “I sucked at making my Yorkshire pudding before getting schooled by Anne. Now they’re puffy McMagic, not flat McTragic… She could feed me beef six ways to Sunday.” I don’t know who Anne is but let me tell you, I too can make a mean batch of Yorkshire pudding that is mile high and quite impressive if I may say so myself!

What Do You Serve With Yorkshire Pudding?

If you’ve ever been to Lawry’s steakhouse then you know Yorkshire pudding is on the menu and usually served with their famous Prime Rib. Since we live in Kansas/Missouri and Lawry’s is currently located in Beverly Hills, Dallas or Las Vegas we seldom get to eat at Lawry’s. So in order for us to get that Lawry’s experience in fine dining I decided to bring Lawry’s home and recreate a few of their dishes.

Make it a Homemade Lawry’s night with my copycat recipes noted below:

• Garlic Herb Prime Rib Beef Roast
• The Best Corn on the Cob Creamed Corn
• Creamed Spinach
• Homemade Prepared Horseradish
• Homemade Whipped Creamy Horseradish (recipe coming soon)
• Mashed Idaho Potatoes (recipe coming soon)

Several other dishes that can be served with batter pudding include beef bourguignon (recipe to come), English breakfast, gravy, and roast beef. What do you plan on serving with Yorkshire pudding?

What Is The Trick To Making Yorkshire Pudding?

The trick to making mile high Yorkshire pudding is to use the proper amount of ingredients, letting the batter rest before baking, use a preheated pan that holds heat well like this 12-cup aluminum pan, rendered fat, and baking at a high temperature. Just follow my recipe to a T and you too can make a successful batch of Yorkshire pudding that will amaze you and your guests every time!

Yorkshire Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

Notice there are no measurements for the flour and milk. That is because this recipe will depend on the measurement of eggs that you have. So, whatever the eggs measure up to you will need the same amount of flour and milk. For example: my eggs measured out to be 1 cup therefore I used 1 cup of all-purpose flour and 1 cup of whole milk.

• 4 eggs (large or small it doesn’t matter)
• all-purpose flour
• whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoons beef or pork fat, or rendered pork lard (use 1 teaspoons per pan cavity)

Instructions

Mix Ingredients and Rest

In a medium bowl whisk eggs until fluffy. Slowly add flour and salt to eggs and whisk together. Then slowly add milk and whisk until batter is thinner and lump free. Cover bowl and set aside out of the way on the countertop at room temperature for 2-3 hours.

Prepare Pan

Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheight.

For best results I recommend using this 12-cup aluminum pan but I have seen some people use regular muffin pans. I only know the positive outcome from my experience with using the 12-cup aluminum pan. Place 1 teaspoon, doesn’t have to be exact, scoop of beef or pork fat into each cavity.

When all cavities are filled place the pan into the oven and bake for about 5 minutes. If you start to smell the fat cooking that is usually a good sign you are ready for the next step.

Briefly whisk Yorkshire pudding mixture that has been sitting on the counter.

Bake

Carefully remove heated pan with fat from oven. Working quickly, so the pan does not cool off, carefully pour Yorkshire pudding mixture into each cavity on top of the hot fat. Fill each cup 3/4 full and return pan to hot oven. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the Yorkshire pudding has a deep brown color on the tops without burning.

TIP: DO NOT open the oven at all while baking as this may cause the Yorkshire Pudding to deflate.

Carefully remove pan from oven and place on a protected surface. As the batter pudding cools it will begin to deflate so it is recommended to serve immediately. We have even been known to stand around the hot pan and eat it right then and there. You may want to have your meal on the plate as the Yorkshire pudding is coming out of the oven. Enjoy!

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