Christmas Side Dishes - Yorkshire Pudding

One of the best Christmas side dishes: learn how to make the best Yorkshire pudding recipe using 4 simple ingredients!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine English

Keyword Christmas dinner sides, Christmas side dishes, christmas sides, side dishes for christmas

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 140kcal

4 large eggs at room temperature
3¼ cups whole milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons salt coarse
¼ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
4 Tablespoons pan drippings reserved from the beef roast; or 4 Tablespoons vegetable oil

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place a sheet pan below the rack you're using for the Yorkshire Puddings to catch any overflow.
Place the eggs, milk, flour, salt, and pepper in a blender and blend on high until the mixture is combined and resembles heavy cream.
4 large eggs, 3¼ cups whole milk, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1½ teaspoons salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Pour a bit of beef drippings or vegetable oil into each popover cup, just enough to cover the bottom.
4 Tablespoons pan drippings
Heat in oven for 2 minutes. Then, quickly and carefully pour the batter into the preheated cups, filling each about halfway.
Put directly in the oven and do not open the door; keep the light on to watch what's going on in there! If you open the door, the puddings will deflate.
Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 30 minutes (the Yorkshire Puddings will puff to the highest height, but not until the last 10 minutes of cooking time). Serve immediately.

I double the batter to stick a second batch in the oven just as we sit down to dinner with the first batch.
You can make the batter several hours in advance before cooking.
If you don't have a popover tin, you can use a muffin tin to bake this recipe.
If you don't have pan drippings from beef, you can use vegetable oil or another fat of your choice to fill the puddings with.
The best Yorkshire Puddings will come from room temperature batter. Trust me!
The reason you preheat the pan before adding the filling is that when the batter hits, it immediately begins to rise, even though you can't see it happening. This makes Yorkshire Puddings super fluffy.
Make one large Yorkshire pudding by using a 9 by 13-inch pan. Preheat the oven to 400°F, add 2 Tablespoons beef fat or vegetable oil to the bottom of the pan, then pour in the batter. Bake according to recipe instructions.