:: Mamma mia!

Posted by Kirsty on April 6, 2008 | Permalink

pizza

I was a lucky wifey last night and was treated to homemade pizza! Simon made the dough and everything - not a packet mix to be seen.

:: My Mum’s Yorkshires

Posted by Vanessa on December 8, 2007 | Permalink

Since I’ve been going on about them quite a bit, I thought I’d stick in my mum’s tried and tested recipe for Yorkshire puds here. For anyone on this side of the Atlantic who hasn’t encountered them before, they go with your Sunday dinner and are most akin to ‘biscuits’, and are used for soaking up delicious gravy. Trust me… yum.

Use: 1/2 pint of milk
1 cup or 4oz flour
1 egg
salt and pepper

if you’re making little individual ones, put one teaspoon of fat or oil into your container and bang it in the oven to get really hot. You’ll want to bake these at 180/400. Whisk the egg and milk together until really frothy - use your blender, if you have one. Then add in the flour and seasoning until you have a smooth mix. Pour equally into 12 yorkshire pud spaces, or into one large tray. You want to cook them for about 20 minutes, but don’t open your oven door before 15 minutes has passed or you risk making them sag in the middle (more than necessary for a good gravy dip). For a nice twist, add one spoonful of dijon or English mustard into the mixture - especially good if you’re having it with sausages, toad-in-the-hole style.