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Yorkshire puddings with gravy

Yorkshire Pudding

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A delicious accompaniment to any roast or with the addition of a few sausages you can make an old style kid’s favourite, Toad in the Hole :)

Ingredients

4 eggs

2 cups whole milk

2 cups self raising flour

dash of salt & pepper

butter (enough to grease muffin tin)

Method

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and warm a muffin tin (this is the only way to get your Yorkshire pudding to cook properly, and that was told to me by a lady from Yorkshire so I believe it!)

In mixer bowl combine eggs, milk, flour and pepper & salt. Beat vigorously with fork for 1 1/2 minutes.

Pour in batter into preheated muffin tin no more than half-way. Bake in 400 degree F oven for 30 minutes. Serve with a roast, baked potatoes, and your favourite veggies.

Serves 8

Pumpkin soup form the 1950's

Pumpkin Soup

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Pumpkin Soup. A creamy, warming soup perfect for Winter
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald, July 24th 1952

Ingredients

2 medium sized potatoes, peeled and chopped

2 stalks of celery, chopped

1 large onion, chopped

2 cups of pumpkin or orange winter squash. Chopped.

570ml or just over 19oz milk. You don’t need to chop that.

3 tsp plain flour (US all purpose flour)

Salt and pepper to taste

A pinch of nutmeg

Method

Put all of your chopped vegetables into a large saucepan.

Cover all of it with cold water.

Simmer on the stove until everything is soft.

Drain off the water and blend.

Take the flour and put it in a bowl. Add a little of the milk and mix into a paste.

Pour in the rest of the milk and stir thoroughly.

Pour the milk and flour mixture into the vegetables and stir over a low heat until it thickens.

Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Serve with a dollop of sour cream or little squares of toast floating on the top.