How to Bake Yorkshire Pudding
Serves: 8
Preparation time: overnight
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients needed to make Yorkshire Pudding:
For the pudding:
- 10 oz all purpose flour
- 4 oz beef dripping
- 8 eggs
- 1 pint full fat milk
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
For red onion gravy:
- 2 red onions , finely sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely grated
- 1 thyme sprig
- 7 fl oz red wine
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 ¼ oz butter
- 2 pints beef stock
Cooking instructions for Yorkshire Pudding:
- Warm up your oven to 430 degrees F.
- Empty the cups of all purpose flour into a food processor, along with a dash of salt and ground black pepper.
- Crack the eggs into it and pulse them into a smooth paste.
- Pour in the milk and continue to process them into a smooth batter.
- Tip the batter into a jug and set aside in a refrigerator overnight to rest.
- Arrange the Yorkshire pudding tins on a baking dish and spread the beef dripping across the base and sides of those tins.
- Heat them in the oven for about 10 minutes or until they start smoking.
- Divide the batter equally into the hot tins and bake in the oven for about 10-15 minutes or until they puff up along the edges and their surface turn golden brown.
- While the Yorkshire pudding bakes, heat a skillet over moderate heat and add a dollop of butter to it.
- Melt the butter until it begins to foam and throw in the garlic.
- Sauté it for a minute or until it becomes fragrant and stir in the onions.
- Continue to sauté for about 8-10 minutes, stirring at times, until they soften but don’t caramelize or brown.
- Add a splash of red wine and stir them well together to mix.
- Continue to simmer the sauce until it reduces it half its previous volume and pour in the beef stock.
- Continue to heat the mixture until it starts boiling and reduce the gravy to a simmer at once.
- Whisk in the balsamic vinegar, followed by the thyme and continue to simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle a dash of salt and fair amount of black pepper to season and remove from heat.
- Arrange the Yorkshire puddings on serving plates and smother them with the gravy.
- Serve warm.
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