Yorkshire Pudding and Gourmet Game Changer # 35 Delia Smith
Delia Smith is famous for her cooking skills. She is Britain’s best selling cook book author. She has sold over 21 million copies.
She is also Gourmet game changer #35.
She is also Gourmet game changer #35.
Believe it or not her first job was as a hair dresser. She also worked at a travel agency before she decided to become a chef.
She started as a dishwasher in a tiny restaurant called The Singing Chef.
She quickly moved to waitress and then cook.
In 1969 she started writing about food for The Daily Mirrors new magazine.
In 1972 she started a column in the Evening Standard, then later for the Radio Times.
Delia Smith became famous from a show called Family Fare, however, her first television appearance was on a show called Look East shown on the BBC.
In 2003 she announced her retirement from television.
She returned in 2008 for a new six part series and an updated version of her popular selling cookbook How to Cheat at Cooking.
In 2010 her latest television series Delia through the Decades was broadcasted again on the BBC.
In March 2001 she launched her website Delia Online. In August 2011 near her 70th birthday she stepped down from her catering role at Carrow Road
She currently lives with her Welsh born husband Michael Wynn-Jones in Stowmarket Suffolk.
I decided to make her Yorkshire Pudding.
Yorkshire Pudding
1/3 cup AP flour
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons beef drippings
salt
pepper
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
Add the beef drippings to your pan and set in the oven to warm up for 15 minutes.
Pour the batter into the sizzling hot fat.
Allow to cook 25-30 minutes until crisp and golden brown.
Serve as soon as possible.
The following bloggers are also featuring recipes from Delia Smith. Please pay them a visit and see what they have to bring to the table.
Val – More Than Burnt Toast, Taryn – Have Kitchen Will Feed, Susan – The Spice Garden, Heather – girlichef, Miranda – Mangoes and Chutney, Jeanette – Healthy Living
Mary – One Perfect Bite, Kathleen – Bake Away with Me, Sue – The View from Great Island Barbara – Movable Feasts , Linda A – There and Back Again, Nancy – Picadillo
Mireya – My Healthy Eating Habits, Annie – Most Lovely Things, Claudia – Journey of an Italian Cook, Alyce – More Time at the Table, Amrita – Beetles Kitchen Escapades
Please join us next week when we feature Edna Lewis.
Peace be with you,
Veronica
Look at how gorgeous your popovers turned out. They rose to amazing heights!
I love Yorkshire puds – either with beef or filled with jam if there’s any left over. These look light as clouds. I’m a big fan of Delia – she and Julia taught me how to cook!
Gorgeous. I have such wonderful memories of Yorkshire pudding made by an old friend who’s made the great transition to that perfect kitchen above. (No mismatched Tupperware and all the counter space you ever need.) I miss him; it’s nice to see your gorgeous food this morning! Thanks.
Delia sounds more like a pro ball player than a chef; retiring than playing again. You sure she’s not related to Brett Favre? An amazing legacy she’s left though.
Your puddings are gorgeous. I’ve never tried making them but I think I need to!
Veronica I can honestly say those are the most perfect popovers I have ever seen. You are now my go to source when I’m ready to make these. You make them look so simple!
Yorkshire pudding is another dish I’ve had on my “to make” list forever. I love the look of these – so pretty!
What a beautiful rise you got in your Yorkshire Pudding!
Like golden clouds – your Yorkshire puddings! I am so impressed that such a simple watery batter can transform itself so dramatically! They’re perfect, Veronica!
I am soooo impressed with your Game Changer posts! I am equally impressed with these popovers!
Wow these look fantastic! I’ve never had Yorkshire pudding but the recipe sounds great. Yum!
Oh how I love this! Now just need a prime rib to accompany it and I’d be set for a week.
these look beautiful verónica I love Delia Smith recipes!!
Gorgeous pictures of the yorkshire pudding, Veronica, they look lovely!
Interesting post and recipe… beef dripping is new for me! In Italy we use lard
I always think of Yorkshire pudding as a special treat. My mother used to make it every Christmas with the roast beef drippings. Thanks for the memories.
I have never had Yorkshire pudding. THese look so tasty I may have to give it a go!
I’ve heard of Yorkshire pudding but never knew what it was. They looks beautiful!
Wow these came out so beautiful and look so yummy! I am dying to make these at home!
Those Yorkshires look perfect. Stunning. Yummy!
Thank you so much for sharing my mum and I were just talking about making these but lacked a good recipe!! 🙂