help with yorkshire pudding

[bubbles4920]

help! can anyone please give me a foolproof method for making yorkshire puddings,they just arent rising anymore, can i put baking powder in there as a safety net? using electric oven btw.

[bushbaby_de]

i have an electric oven too. I just use 4 heaped tablespoons plain flour, 2 eggs, half a pint of milk plus salt, pepper and sage. Whisk the eggs into the flour, slowly add the milk and add seasoning. Leave to sit for half an hour before using it and whisk it again just before using. Preheat the oven to 200c and put in the tray you are going to use with some oil in it and heat for 10 minutes. Then add the batter and cook them for 20-25 minutes without opening the oven door. Should be perfect.

[tickledtrout]

My Gran used to do the final whisk on the doorstep to get plenty of air in. Don't know whether it worked but it was delicious

[Bewlay Bros]

Above sounds good. But also consider adding one extra egg white, really whisked up like a meringue and fold it in seperately.

They will rise like a phoenix from the flames!!!!

[figure]

Wardy, I'm impressed with your culinary skills! ;-)

[Bewlay Bros]

I am no great chef, but my roasts are Ritz quality!!!!

[LuBlu]

My method seems to work everytime;

It's an equal measure recipe. The same volume of eggs, plain flour (sifted) and milk.

I use a ramekin dish for us (there's only 2 of us), but you can scale up very easily to a mug etc.
Basically as many eggs as it takes to get to a level of your jug/cup etc (remember the level you filled to), pour these into a bowl, add plain flour to the same measurer you used for the eggs, fill with the flour up to the same level that the eggs reached, sift this into the bowl with the eggs. Do the same with the milk and add to the bowl, whisk until smooth.

Make sure you're using oil that does not burn (I use goosefat) and heat in in the baking trays for as long as possible. I then find it works if 2 of you can do the pouring of the mix into your oven trays, as speed means that the oven and oil have less time to cool down any.

Just done this this afternoon for our Sunday roast and they rose a treat, yummy!!!!

[phylkat]

The secret here is PLAIN flour, so many people try to use SR flour (because it says Self Raising) W.R.O.N.G.....
Try again... you'll get there in the end I'm sure.
HNY

[scoobysoo]

I start mine off on the hob. I put the oven dish I'm using on a hot hob (electric) with the oil in, then when the oil gets hot, add the batter mix, leave on the hob for about 30 seconds, then quickly transfer to the oven

[messyjessy12]

give your self a rest this sunday and just buy aunt bessies and pass them off as your own,they are good!!