OT Large batch Yorkshire pudding??

Check on the food/recipe groups. I'll ask on ne.food - a font of wisdom and some of the funniest people on Usenet.

Cheryl

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I think it could be done, but how successfully in a church kitchen I would not know.

Couple of things, you can make larger yorkies than single serving. If I have a lot of people I make two 8" cake tins and cut the puds in wedges. I believe that was how the originals were done, under the cooking meat as opposed to tiddly little things. So logically you could have several cake tins going at once in one oven and another set going ten minutes later in the other oven. That way you might manage supply and demand.

You can also (here anyway) buy ready made yorkies that just need heating. Given their ingredients they are expensive and the church might not want to spend that much.

If you decide on cake pans, I use 1 cup flour, generous pinch of salt,

When I was a child my mother used to make them in the large roasting tin that she had just cooked the meat in.

The required fat was already in the tin and she would pour the batter in after removing the roast, which was allowed to rest in a warm place while the Yorkshire pudding cooked.

This was done in the oven of a coal fired Yorkshire range fireplace. Shirley

In message , lucretia borgia writes

Actually, I have used 9x13 pans at home (DH loves Yorkshire pudding), and I suppose one consideration will be to figure out how many pans I can get into the church ovens--probably 4-6 pans in each. Enormous pile of last second work though. Dawne

You can do little individual ones beforehand, and freeze them, though, or even buy them ready frozen. Our local farm shop has wonderful ones, twice the size of the little ones you usually make. Most supermarkets have frozen ones too - our Morrisons has REALLY good ones - you can`t really tell them from home-made!

Pat P

Is this a dinner that the people will pay for themselves or one put on by the church for its members? If individuals are paying why not have a higher price for those who want yorkies and use the ready made ones. I can see it being very stressful trying to make these on the spot! Most church dinners are hectic enough without adding to it! :)

Mavia

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I would see the last second work as the main hassle in that situation. If they are bound and determined to have them, then I think one person should be in charge of doing just the yorkies and nothing else, sort of built in safety factor, no distractions.