Choreography of making many yorkshire puddings

Question

Say you want to make a lot (>4) yorkshire puddings, but your form only has 4 molds. What is your choreography?

Do you ...

stack several forms in the oven
use one form, take out the pouddings when done and refill the hot form immediatly with fat and batter
something else entirely

Background: I'm about to buy a form as a present for my mother, who often cooks for more people. The question is: Is it worth it to buy two forms?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '15 at 21:33

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I would buy two tins, for the reason that one of the most important factors for successful Yorkshires is a good hot oven. This is required to convert the water in the batter into steam quickly, causing the puddings to rise. Your oven loses a lot of heat when you open the door, so you will more than likely get a poor rise on your second batch if you reuse the tin.

So, I would use two tins, then you can keep that door closed until the last possible minute.

answered Jan 27 '15 at 21:33

ElendilTheTall

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Interesting. My thought was to reuse one tin so the tin can retain it's heat. – mart Jan 27 '15 at 21:37
You can get the pan as hot as you like, but if the oven's cold it won't do you any good – ElendilTheTall Jan 27 '15 at 22:04
How do you get your pudding into the oven in the first place, without losing all the heat? And why should it be different the second time? – mart Jan 27 '15 at 22:19
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Overheating it to compensate. But then you adjust the temperature down to stop the Yorkshires burning. – ElendilTheTall Jan 28 '15 at 07:05

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '15 at 22:27

Personally at home I use two trays at a time. They easily both fit in the oven together, with enough room for proper airflow.

More important to me is, I start my Yorkys at 230°c for 5min and then turn to oven down to 180°c for 20min. If I was to do one tray at a time I'd have to wait for the oven to get back from 180°c to 230°c before putting my next batch in. In total probably costing me 2 hours for 8 Yorkshires once you've accounted for resting of the batter etc. A little excessive for a simple gravy soak-er if you ask me.

Splash out, get her two and save her an hour of her life :)

Choreography of making many yorkshire puddings

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