The Great British Bake Off is well underway, and to say we're loving it, would be an understatement. It's week 4 of the show and - for the very first time - it is batter week! So, with that being said, we've decided to share with you a batter based recipe that you can have a go at making at home.

The recipe we're featuring on our site today is a Traditional Yorkshire Pudding, but this Yorkshire pud isn't like your normal puddings - this one is a giant Yorkshire pudding! This recipe is from BBC Good Food, and is by the legendary Delia Smith! If you're looking for a Yorkshire pudding to accompany your Sunday roast, you won't find one better than this one.

Ingredients:

  • 175g/6oz of Plain Flour
  • 2 Free-Range Eggs
  • 175ml/6fl oz of Milk (Whole or semi-skimmed)
  • 110ml/4fl oz of Water
  • 2 tbsp of Beef Dripping
  • Salt and freshly milled Black Pepper

Method:

Step 1 - Preheat your oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas 7.

Step 2 - Begin by sifting the flour into a large mixing bowl. Hold the sieve up high to give it a good airing as it goes down into the bowl.

Step 3 - With a back of a table spoon, make well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Add the salt and pepper.

Step 4 - Mix the water and milk into a measuring jug, and then begin to whisk the eggs with an electric whisk. As the you beat them the flour around the edges will slowly be incorporated.

Step 5 - When the mixture begins to become stiff, add the milk and water gradually, keeping the whisk going.

Step 6 - Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spactula, so that any lumps can be pushed down into the batter, then continue to whisk again until it's smooth.

Step 7 - Now that the mixture is ready you can begin cooking. Remove the meat from the oven (or if it's not ready, place it on a lower shelf) and turn the oven up to the above temperature.

Step 8 - Spoon two tablespoons of beef fat into the roasting tin and allow it to pre-heat in the oven.

Step 9 - When the oven is up o temperature, remove the tin and place it over a direct heat (turned to medium). Once the fat begins to shimmer and smoke a little, pour the batter evenly around the tin. 

Step 10 - Place on the high shelf in the oven and cook the Yorkshire pudding for 40 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. To serve cut into squares or you could use it as a Yorkshire pudding plate for the rest of your roast dinner.

 

This terrific recipe and image is from BBC Good Food.

Looking for the perfect roast to go with this superb Yorkshire pudding, take a look at this Roast Leg of Lamb Recipe.

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Loaf Tin Giveaway

The seventh series of The Great British Bake Off continues apace, and with another episode airing tonight, we've got another great giveaway to share with you all. As it's bread week, we're giving away not one but TWO of our popular 2lb loaf tins to one lucky Twitter user; the tins are dishwasher-safe, and each one has a non-stick coating to make your baking life just that little bit easier.

If you fancy getting your hands on these two loaf tins, here's what to do:

How to enter (you'll need a Twitter account!)

  1. Follow @BakewareUK on Twitter.
  2. Retweet the competition tweet (it's the one at the top of our feed).
  3. Cross your fingers, grab your four-leaf clover, and make sure your horseshoes are turned the right way up - only one entrant will be lucky enough to win the loaf tins!

You must enter before 12 noon on Tuesday the 13th of September, at which point the competition will close, we'll pick a winner at random, and announce the result on Twitter. Good luck, and enjoy tonight's episode of Bake Off!

Brilliant Banana Bread

We're loving the return of Great British Bake Off here at British Bakeware, and this week is possibly Paul Hollywood's favourite week, as its bread week! So in keeping with the bread theme, we thought it would only be fitting that we share with you a bread recipe that you can have a go at baking at home.

But we've decided not to feature any ordinary bread recipe but instead, share a recipe that's a little different and exciting. So with that being said, this week we've decided to feature this brilliant Banana Bread recipe from the equally brilliant This Sweet. This fantastic recipe is a cross between banana bread and a drizzle-topped sponge and is topped with banana chips. These banana chips are a perfect way to convince the fussy eaters in your life, to give banana another try.

Kelly's blog is crammed with a variety of different recipes that are really simple to follow and are positively delicious! We're huge fans of her blog, and we highly recommend that you go check it out!

Get in touch with your inner Paul Hollywood, and have a go at baking this terrific bread recipe at home!

To take a look at some of our other terrific bread recipes, click here

 

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