Yorkshire Pudding

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs, measured in a jug
  • milk, equal quantity to eggs
  • flour, equal quantity to eggs
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons lard, vegetable oil or beef dripping

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 230 degrees Celcius, or the highest your oven goes to
  2. Pour eggs and milk into a mixing bowl; add the pinch of salt
  3. Whisk thoroughly with an electric beater or whisk; leave for 10 minutes
  4. Sieve the flour over the milk mixture; whisk in
  5. Pour the batter through a fine sieve if lumpy
  6. Leave the batter to rest for at least 30 minutes
  7. Place half a teaspoon of fat into a 12-hole metal muffin tin
  8. Heat until the fat is smoking
  9. Add 2 teaspoons of water to the batter and whisk in
  10. Pour each hole about 1/3 full
  11. Cook for about 20 minutes until puffed and brown