Jamie Oliver's Yorkshire Pudding is a classic platter native to England. It is considered a classic British dessert. Even in modern Britain, he is surely prepared for Sunday lunch. It is interesting that it is not always made sweet, sometimes served with main hot dishes, sometimes they are salted, even animal fats are added. In this article, we will talk about the method of preparing this unique dessert, which is practiced in England itself.
Dessert Features
Jamie Oliver's Yorkshire pudding mainly consists of egg-based batter, as well as flour and milk. It is poured onto a mold pre-greased and then baked. As a result, the dessert becomes like small empty cakes in the shape of a cylinder. But to make the Yorkshire pudding from Jamie Oliver tastier and richer, gravy is poured inside. Initially, the role was played by fat dripping from meat on a skewer. Nowadays, a variety of sweet gravy is used as a filling.
You can be sure that any member of the family will enjoy Yorkshire pudding from Jamie Oliver. The recipe is cheap, and you are guaranteed an excellent result, because it is not difficult to prepare such a dessert. The pudding will come out weightless, almost airy.
Naked cook
Before moving on to the dessert itself, it’s worthwhile to talk about why we chose the Yorkshire pudding recipe from Jamie Oliver, and not from any other chef. The fact is that Oliver is a famous British chef, a popularizer of healthy eating and home cooking, the author of several books on this topic, as well as a TV presenter and a famous restaurateur. In the UK, literally everyone knows him. In his country, he is known by the nickname Naked Cook.
Oliver is the owner of several charity restaurants located in London, Cornwall, Amsterdam and Melbourne. In 2003, he received the Order of the British Empire with the wording "For his contribution to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and catering." He also holds an honorary scholarship from the Royal College of General Practitioners. He was awarded these preferences for the fight against childhood and adolescent obesity.
In 2013, he signed a contract with one of the strongest English football clubs, Manchester City. For five years, he was responsible for all the dishes that were prepared at the Etihad stadium during the team's home matches.
The British closely monitor the fate and personal life of Oliver. They know that in 2000 he married the famous model Juliet Norton. Interestingly, before that they had known each other for seven years. At present, five children have already been born in their marriage. The whole family lives in the northwest of Essex County in the small village of Clavering.
By the way, in our country this cook is also well known, many of his books in Russian have already been published. In particular, "Happy Days with a Naked Cook", "My Italy", "Jamie's Cuisine", "Ministry of Nutrition", "Lunches 30 minutes from Jamie", "Save with Jamie".
List of ingredients
In order to prepare a Yorkshire pudding from Jamie, whose photo is in this article, we need the following set of products. Only they are suitable for authentic pudding directly from the shores of Misty Albion:
- 4 large chicken eggs;
- 200 ml of milk;
- 200 grams of wheat flour;
- 150 grams of odorless sunflower oil (it can be replaced with any other refined vegetable oil);
- a pinch of salt.
This set of products will be required to make the basis for Jamie's Yorkshire pudding. Do not forget about the fillings. They can be very different. The chef himself recommends trying pudding with savory filling. For her, you need to have at hand:
- 200 grams of salted salmon;
- 150 grams of classic yogurt or sour cream;
- juice of one lemon;
- a bunch of dill;
- half a teaspoon of grated horseradish root.
In this recipe for a Yorkshire pudding from Jamie Oliver, you will experience an amazing combination of red fish with sour cream sauce and dill seasoned with spicy horseradish. This is an almost perfect filling for a magnificent bun. As a rule, it is cut in half, laying out a small portion of the filling, then cover with a baked top and serve.
Cooking process
To start making Yorkshire pudding from Jamie Oliver, whose photo is presented later in the article, follows from what to prepare the oven. It must be set to the highest possible temperature and thoroughly warmed. It is noteworthy that Oliver always pays much attention to saving time in his recipes and tips. Therefore, if you follow his advice exactly, then you will be able to cook food not only tasty, but also quickly. The proper organization of time and space during the preparation of any dish he pays special attention.
Now you need to prepare the form. Ideally, we take special iron molds for muffins or puddings. If they were not at hand, then you can take the same forms in the form of sockets or pots of foil. Only silicone molds are categorically not suitable for Oliver's Yorkshire pudding.
Pour vegetable oil into each form - up to about half the height. If you follow a traditional recipe, then instead of oil, animal fat is used, for example, pork or goose. Due to this, the pudding is so juicy and bold. Please note that instead of sunflower oil, rapeseed, corn or any other odorless refined oil is suitable.
Having set the forms on a baking sheet, send them to the oven for ten minutes so that the oil warms up properly. During this time, beat the eggs without dividing them into proteins and yolks. Sift the necessary amount of flour through a sieve so that it is saturated with oxygen. After this, flour is poured into beaten eggs and mixed until all the lumps are gone.
Cooking dough
Pour the resulting batter in a thin stream into warm milk and mix to the state of a liquid pancake dough. Now it's time to get the mold with preheated butter out of the oven. Do not forget to close the door so that there remains a stable high temperature. Pour the dough into shapes so that it reaches the top of the recess. Immediately after this, remove the form back into the oven, reduce the maximum temperature to 200 degrees. Yorkshire pudding is baked for a quarter hour. At this time, do not twitch, once again open the oven door, otherwise the dough is likely to settle.
As a result, your pudding should increase at least three times. It will rise above the surface of the mold and brown thoroughly. Only then can it be taken out of the oven. Having shifted the pudding to the dish, it can be served to the table, equipped with toppings and sauces.
Pudding Stuffing
Now we’ll show you how to prepare the filling for this pudding on the advice of Oliver. In sour cream or natural yogurt, we express the juice of one whole lemon, passed through a sieve. Please note that no seeds should fall into the mass.
A bunch of dill (it can be taken on a very small size) is thoroughly washed, dried and chopped as finely as possible. Add sour cream and lemon juice. Stirring with a whisk, rub the horseradish root on top.
If necessary, the resulting sauce can be slightly salted, as well as add spices that you like best. Ground black pepper will do. But this is completely optional.
Cut the salmon into small portions.
We combine pudding and filling
After waiting for the pudding to cool slightly, cut it in half, and in a vacant niche we put a piece of fish and pour over sour cream sauce. After that, immediately cover with a golden lid.
You should be guaranteed to get delicious.
Other unsweetened fillings
On the advice of the cook, you can also use all kinds of sauces, for example, bechamel.
Other savory fillings include hard cheese with herbs, fried meat with mushrooms, curd with red pepper and garlic.
The pudding turns out to be as neutral as possible, so it is appropriate to serve it without filling and sauces with various salads or appetizers. This is a good alternative to already bored tartlets. Therefore, any housewife should master this simple dish in order to continue to pleasantly surprise its guests.
Sweet filling
As an alternative to such a pudding, you can use a sweet filling. The following are suitable for this:
- ice cream;
- homemade jam;
- cream based on soft butter and condensed milk;
- fruits in their own juice;
- yogurt with slices of berries and fruits;
- custard;
- melted chocolate.