Mum shares 'banging' Yorkshire pudding recipe – but it leaves foodies raging
A traditional Christmas dinner is a true delight where you can expect crispy roasties, succulent turkey, and yummy veggies, all smothered in gravy. But does a Yorkshire pudding have a place on your Christmas dinner plate?
Charlotte Crouch, who shares content on TikTok under the username @charlottescrunchymama, believes that with Christmas right around the corner, it's time to start preparing for the big day.
"Today, I'm gonna make my Yorkshire puddings ready for Christmas Day," she confessed, explaining she didn't want to be "spending all day in the kitchen cooking" as she was preparing a meal for 10 people - which many can relate to.
Her solution was to "prep them up and put them in the freezer", but how do you ensure they're going to be as perfect as you want them to be?
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She revealed: "Now the trick to getting banging Yorkshire puddings is having the same volume of eggs, milk, and flour."
Charlotte admitted she didn't "weigh any part of it," and she just uses a cup as her measure, so she'll have a "whole cup of eggs, a whole cup of milk, and a whole cup of flour", then she simply combines all the ingredients in a mixing bowl.
She disclosed that plain flour works better than self-raising, but said you can still achieve "banging results" with self-raising. "The key to making it rise is the eggs," she stated.
Charlotte began by preparing her mixer, attaching the "balloon whisk" and pre-heating her oven to 200 degrees Celsius. She also heated up some oil, which she poured into the Yorkshire pudding tins to warm them up.
Once the tins were ready, she filled each section with a thick mixture, filling them "half to three-quarters full". Charlotte joked her Yorkshires are "famous" and described them as "amazing, beautiful, and one of the best parts of a roast dinner".
However, some viewers disagreed with her decision to serve Yorkshire puddings with Christmas dinner. One person commented: "You don't have Yorkshire pudding on Christmas dinner," but Charlotte argued it's a family tradition, saying: "Hell yes you do! I don't have turkey though we are having beef! Have had Yorkshires since I can remember!"
Another viewer defended Charlotte, saying it's Christmas and she should have "whatever you want" on her dinner.
Charlotte also shared her secret to making the perfect Yorkshires – generous helpings of homemade gravy. She said: "I always make proper gravy because if you're gonna do something, you better do something properly."
After cooking the Yorkshires in the oven for about 30 minutes, Charlotte proudly showed off the finished products, exclaiming: "There they are."
Charlotte shared her clever tip for a stress-free Christmas dinner, saying she would "let them cool down" before she'd "take them all out, pop them into a bag, into the freezer". Next she could "use them on Christmas Day and just cook them from frozen quickly in the air fryer for a few minutes".
When a follower expressed their anxiety about hosting for the first time with 15 guests, Charlotte reassured them: "You can prep so much in advance. Saves washing up on the day too."
