It seems to be a matter of great debate; minds accomplished with
glorious recipes have contemplated and ruminated over this serious but
delicious question. It seems to come as an issue between the traditional
and taste over which there isn’t any real argument. The tasteful answer
it seems is that you should make Yorkshire Pudding with your Christmas
dinner to round off your perfect festive feast. In fact, if you have
never done it yet, then your Christmases have probably all been
completely lacking without the perfect pudding that was the result of
years of Yorkshire research. Whether your potato is voluptuously solid
or a velvety mashed, whether your gravy is moisturisingly thin or
supportingly thick, whatever your condiments and contents, the Yorkshire
Pudding will definitely give it that crispy edge before you pull your
crackers.
There is a contingency of chefs who think that Yorkshire
Puddings are strictly for beef dishes. Admittedly when it comes to that
tasty crunch the Yorkshire Pudding does enhance the meat and gravy to
an almost perfectly beefy roast but this is a serious handicap of
thinking. How could you restrict the Yorkshire Pudding to a single meat
dish? My grandmother made one dish with sweet Yorkshire Puddings
containing Apple Sauce that set off the pork dish to perfection. We even
used to sneak in before the places were set and these sweet puddings
were swiftly set upon before they had chance of being served. Even if
you say the glorious Yorkshire Pudding be restricted to all roast
dinners you do your taste buds an injustice, think of adding a little
jam to them. Look around for masters of these culinary arts and you will
find some beautiful and downright tasty ways these puddings are used.
There is a Yorkshire pudding recipe for all kinds of meals, but often
the standard pudding is used throughout, it is really how you mix the
tastes that give them their value in the dish.
So back to the
question, why should you make Yorkshire Pudding to serve with your
Christmas dinner, the answer is that all your meat and vegetables will
look incomplete, possibly indecently naked, without it. It would be
totally unimaginable not to have a Yorkshire pudding or two dressing
your Christmas dish. To some traditionalists the
Yorkshire pudding has always been used on all roast dishes like the Christmas dinner, whether it is Turkey or Goose.