Yorkshire pudding

[RockyRaccoon]

I'm going to have a go at these this weekend. I've read that they usually come out pretty rubbish. I googled and found recipes which use tofu, soya yogurt or egg replacer. Has anybody tried making them? Which recipe did you use? What did they turn out like?

[VeganMum]

Ive not tried making them but would be interested to see which turns out well. I received a cookery book today i won on ebay and its got some wonderful stuff in so will be busy trying some of the recipes in there. Its called Easy Vegan Cooking so here's hoping it is.
Good luck with the yorkies

[kokopelli]

I'd love to know what happens too! Good luck!

I've always thought yorkshire puddings were one of those things that it'd be impossible to turn vegan, like meringues.

But I just read the other day that hempseeds contain albumin, the same protein as found in eggs, so for all I know, there could be albumin in other seeds, tofu etc as well. And probably it's the albumin that holds the air in whisked egg whites.

What is egg replacer made from, BTW?

[RockyRaccoon]

What is egg replacer made from, BTW?

No idea. I'm off to the shops to buy some now!

I'll let you all know how I get on

[Spiral]

I buy Orgran egg replacer and the ingredients are:
potato starch, tapioca flour, vegetable gum: methylcellulose, calcium carbonate and citric acid.
I mainly use it for making cakes, but have tried making yorkshire puds with it once and they didn't rise as much as I'd hoped. Next time I'll put some extra in and see if that works better.

Basic vegan yorkshire pudding mix

1 cup of flour
egg replacer to the equivalent of 2 eggs
1 cup of soya milk
pinch of salt

[foxytina_69]

heres a recipe my sister uses for yorkshire pudding and i just cant get enough of it! smothered in vegan gravy its delicious.

1 cup all-purpose flour (we use rice flour only because were celiac)
1 cup soymilk
egg replacer equal to 2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt

mix, pour into cupcake pans and bake in 425 oven for 35 minutes.

[RockyRaccoon]

well I completely forgot to buy any egg replacer when I went shopping so I ended up making some using yofu instead. My daughter's response was "yuck, minging", but I rather liked them. They didn't taste anything like yorkshire puddings though!

[feline01]

well I completely forgot to buy any egg replacer when I went shopping so I ended up making some using yofu instead. My daughter's response was "yuck, minging", but I rather liked them. They didn't taste anything like yorkshire puddings though!

Some people don't like yucky yofu

[Gorilla]

my mum's always complaining that her egg-based Yorkshire puddings don't rise. i suggested she try a vegan version and she actually said it might be worth a go i haven't tried it myself though, yet. i suspect i may have a wheat intolerance and haven't got the money to buy things like rice flour at the moment.

[foxytina_69]

the basic recipe:

1 cup flour
1 cup soy milk
2 'eggs' (egg replacer equal to 2 eggs)
dash salt

mix all together and pour equally into greased 12 muffin pan. bake at 425 degrees for 35 minutes.

gluten free yorkshire pudding:

2 cups rice flour
2 cups water or soy milk
4 'eggs'
dash salt

same directions as above.

[Tigerlily]

Is a yorkshire pudding suppose to be more on the savoury side? Could I use ground flax for the egg replacer?

[Rabbit]

foxytina-

I LOVE yorkshire pudding...which egg replacer exactly did you use to make this?

[foxytina_69]

tigerlily: yorkshire puddings are eaten with gravy, and usually you would eat them with something like a meat roast and vegetables. its like a replacement for potatoes in a way lol! but theyre like bread and theyre so soft and delicious. heres some info i found about how to use flax as an egg replacer:

http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/Vegetarian/Meal.htm

any egg replacer will work as long as it does the same job

"As an egg replacer - Flax seed meal is very useful to vegans as a
replacement for eggs in baked goods recipes. You can use a water/flax seed meal mixture instead of an egg in recipes, such as pancakes, muffins and cookies.
One-egg substitute formula:
15 mL (1 Tbsp.) Flax seed meal (ground flax seeds)
45 mL (3 Tbsp.) Water

Instructions:
Mix the flax seed meal and water in a small bowl. Let the mixture sit for two
to three minutes to thicken it, before adding it to the recipe."

rabbit:

i used the Ener-g brand egg replacer. heres a link for them:

http://www.ener-g.com/store/detail.a...es&id=97&cat=8

[Rabbit]

Thanks foxytina,

Have you ever tried including some vegan margarine to simulate the fat that Yorkshire Pudding is sometimes cooked in?

When I was a child I remember my mum making it in the roasting pan along with the meat juices and fat where the joint of meat had cooked.

Could we add some margarine to the pan, muffin tins used to cook the batter?

Have you ever tried makiing it that way?

[foxytina_69]

my sister has, except with oil. both ways are good, i just like it lower fat

[foxytina_69]

oh, and vegetable broth works well as the replacement for the beef juices.

[tails4wagging]

Worth trying Yorkshire pudding with raspberries in as a dessert. Place raspberries in the 'batter' then cook as normal. Sprinkle with sugar and serve, yummy!!!!

[foxytina_69]

after eating it with gravy so much, id feel wierd eating it with raspberries! but i suppose its just dough and anything goes!

[Flame7]

Try adding some dried sage and onion stuffing mix to the mixture before baking them! They taste absolutely gorgeous!!! My gran used to make non vegan yorkshire puds like this way back when i wasnt vegan and i adored them. It makes all the difference to the taste.

xxFLame7

[VeganJohn]

I have made vegan yorkshire puddings a few times but not for ages. I seem to remember them tasting very similar to 'normal' ones although they didn't rise as well. They resembled ice hockey pucks if my memory serves me correctly

I used vegetable fat in the tins melted in a very hot oven before I poured the batter in as recommended somwhere on the net. I think I experimented and found you need to put a little bit more of the mixture into each of the tins than you would with non vegan puddings. One went wrong and spilled over though, resulting in it being a sticky mess.

Have fun

[Pob]

This is one thing I am really missing - I will be trying some of these recipes, until I get something that works. The next challenge will be giant yorkshires, full of veggies in gravy - I never managed to make giant yorkshires with eggs, though - always bought the Aunt Bessie ones.

If you do too many puddings (hard, I know, as everyone I know eats them by the bucketload), they are brilliant cold stuffed with icecream and coated in chocolate sauce - like profiteroles.

[englishvegoboi]

It is great to hear that vegan yorkshire puddings are possible! I look forward to experimenting in the kitchen!

[Monika]

Fellow cool people,

I saw there was recently a thread here containing a lot of great vegan recipes for yorkshire pudding. Now tell me, if I was to make some yorkshire pudding, then what should I eat it WITH?

I've never had yorkshire pudding in my life, so I'm really eager to try it for dinner some day

Thanks!
/Monika

[abrennan]

mashed potato and peas, pehaps. I think people like having it with gravy or sauce od some type.

[treehugga]

Yummmmm. Have it with nutroast & lots of roast veg & vegan gravy delice!!

[Mr Flibble]

I had some adventures in yorkshire pudding creation about 6 months ago. I can't remember exactly the recipe I was adapting was, but I got the taste down pretty easily. However, like others I had issues getting them to rise (they were too stodgy), and gave up in the end. I shall have to have another play at some point in the near future. My parents used to make non vegan ones (both muffin sized and large) with success on a regular basis.

[foxytina_69]

mr flibble, if they had success, why dont u ask them how they made them?

[Mr Flibble]

i have, but making yorkshire pud with eggs and dairy milk is very different! It's not something you can just bodge with egg replacer and soya milk

[foxytina_69]

oh im sorry. i thought you said they made vegan ones!

[foxytina_69]

i was just watching a cooking show and these are the things the chef said make perfect yorkshire pudding:

-whisk the egg until frothy (this would work with egg replacer aswell) then whisk in milk, and then the flour and salt. then let the mixture sit in the fridge for a little bit.
-in a muffin tin, pour a little oil in each of the muffins, and put in the oven for a few minutes until the oil is very hot. apparently this is the key to puffy yorkshire pudding. then you take the muffin tin out of the oven, and add the yorkshire pudding mix quickly, tablespoon in each of the muffins while the oil is still hot, and then finish filling.
-then bake like normal.

[Mr Flibble]

sounds about right, although I'm not sure how traditional muffin sized yorkshire puddings are, they sound like an 80s invention to me

[foxytina_69]

thats what youre supposed to bake yorkshire puddings in anyways what else would u bake them in? also, muffin tins come in a variety of sizes.

[Pob]

I think we Brits differentiate muffin cases and cake cases, and also the tins they go in. Generally Yorkshire puds are done in cake tins where there are 12 shallowish depressions. Muffin tins have 6 or 8 deeper and slightly wider depressions, to accomodate the deeper and wider muffin cases.

Not that we are in any way at all anal about these things, y'unnerstand.

I don't like the term muffin cases and tins, either. Muffins are a kind of bread roll thing, not some kind of mutant cross between a scone and fairy cake.

[Mr Flibble]

I know what an american muffin is (), but traditionally yorkshire puddings are a lot bigger than muffin size. When I was younger we always had them about 9inchs in diameter - 1 divided into 2 portions. As far as I know the muffin sized ones are a recent thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_pudding

[foxytina_69]

oh okay so it was a cake tin! LOL.

[foxytina_69]

oh thats wierd. well thats how i always had them as a youngin!

[hegerton]

That's what i'm going to be doing on tuesday night. i really can't wait. tis gonig to be my first vegan roast ever, je suis tres excited

[Mr Flibble]

je suis tres excited

tu parle en franglais?

As it's Sunday I'm gonna have another go tonight

[hegerton]

tu parle en franglais?

As it's Sunday I'm gonna have another go tonight

un petit pois

have you got any tips for the yorkies or the gravy?

[Tigerlily]

I know this thread is old-ish...but YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS sound delicious. I've craving comfort foods lately. I never had yorkshire puddings before, so when I try the vegan ones, I won't have anything to compare it to.

I have a question, I'll be the only one in the house eating them, and I don't want to eat the whole batch....do they refrigerate or freeze well?

[treehugga]

I know this thread is old-ish...but YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS sound delicious. I've craving comfort foods lately. I never had yorkshire puddings before, so when I try the vegan ones, I won't have anything to compare it to.

I have a question, I'll be the only one in the house eating them, and I don't want to eat the whole batch....do they refrigerate or freeze well?

In a word 'no' you can not really freeze these puds. The trick is to have the yp crispy on top and soft and spongy in the middle, this would not occur after freezing you would just have a stodgy lump.

[treehugga]

I have however, left them in the fridge overnight and eaten them the next day heated up with some gravy - still quite good.

[Pob]

Or eat them cold the next day with jam or fruit or ice cream

[Tigerlily]

Ooh thanks. I'm so looking forward to them. I just need to pick up some egg replacer ($$ ) and flour.

The sad truth is, I was watching this British TV show yesterday, You Are What You Eat, and the overweight woman in question was a yorkshire pudding addict. She ate several every day with lots of creamy mashed potatoes. I was actually salivating!

[VeganJohn]

I'd be interested to know whether anyone has 'cracked' vegan Yorkshire puds yet. I made them about 2 years ago just with flour, soya milk and egg replacer (I think) and they tasted great although did not rise very well and looked like hockey pucks.

A chef in a veggie restaurant once told me to add baking powder to the mixture.

I have seen some strange looking recipes including soya yogurt (!) but this (US) one looks good, although I haven't tried it:

1 cup all-purpose white flour
1 1/2 ts baking powder
1 ts salt
1 ts cream of tartar
1/4 cup tofu, mashed
1 ts salt and pepper
1/2 water (as needed)

Blend ingredients until well combined.

Place some oil in an 8X8 inch baking pan. Place in a hot oven until the oil is extremely hot, but not burning. When hot, carefully pur the batter into the pan, being careful not to get splattered in the process. As it is best to keep the oil hot, you may want to have the pan sitting on and 'on' element while adding the batter. Return the pan to the oven and bake for 25 mins, or until the pudding tests done.

Ensure that a hot oven is used, e.g. 425F and the oil is really hot.

[Kam]

WOW! This looks great - I will try it on Sunday. YPs are the only thing missing from my Sunday Roasts now. Mmmm. I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks for the recipe.

[VeganJohn]

Hope it goes well!

Report back on how they turned out :>

[Tigerlily]

Ooh, I will try out both recipes! What else do you recommend to eat with them? I'm thinking mashed potatoes, peas, cooked carrots...

[Tromaville]

Ignore this post... Flutterby has put the post on the thread thats got loads of ideas on - cheers flutterby (I did look before I posted - honest!!). Right then time to get stuick into trying those recipes


Post was:

Have tried a couple of different vegan Yorkshire Pudding recipes but never had any success . Has anyone got any decent yorkshire pudding recipes to try?

Cheers
Trom

[foxytina_69]

i dont like the idea of tofu in my yorkshire pudding :S

tigerlily, anything classic is really good with yorkshire pudding. i like having it with nut roast, gravy, any classic veggies, and potatoes.