Cook Your Own Adventure: British Holiday Favorites, Part 3

Yorkshire Puddings

Yorkshire Puddings hot and fresh out of the oven. Hello, my darlings!

Yorkshire Puddings are my absolute favorite. I have been known to eat a full dozen in one sitting. Yes, really.

The name can be confusing for non-Brits because neither are they:

a) A dessert or sweet like a Sticky Toffee or Christmas pudding

b) Steamed like a traditional sweet British pudding

c) The soft creamy-sweet dessert that American’s call pudding, but in the UK we’d call Blancmange or Angel Delight.

A Yorkshire Pudding is a baked savory dish made from batter, that forms into a cup shape while baking, making it perfect to pour gravy into (I know it’s not just me who does this!) In the U.S. you may have eaten something similar to a Yorkshire Pudding called a “Popover” or a “Dutch baby,” but the British version is not sweet and nor is it for breakfast.

Our Thanksgiving dinner this year with roast pork and a side of Yorkshire Puddings.

My American spouse, calls Yorkshire Puddings “British dinner rolls,” and while they’re not yeasted, it’s an apt description of how they’re used in a British roast dinner. Typically served as part of the main meal, they‘re great for filling up…