Quintessential British Classic, made with a few basic ingredients, this fail proof, works every time recipe will be sure to please.
Servings 2People
Prep Time 5 minutesmins
Cook Time 25 minutesmins
Resting Time 30 minutesmins
Equipment
1 Jug or Bowl
1 Scales
1 Hand Whisk
2x 20cm Sandwich Cake Tins
Ingredients
145gPlain Flour
4Large Eggs
200mlMilk
1//2tspSea Salt
1pinchCracked Black Pepper
2tbspBeef DrippingSunflower / Vegetable Oil is fine
Instructions
Make the Batter
Weigh out your Flour into a bowl
Add the salt and pepper to the flour
Crack the eggs into a cup, this will make it easier to remove any rogue shell that may fall off
Add the Milk to a Jug
Pour the Flour into the Milk
Add the eggs to the Flour and Milk
Mix thoroughly, ensuring there are no lumps, once whisked for a couple of minutes, move the whisk to the top of the batter and mix there, so you are combining air into the batter
Resting the Batter
Place the batter into the fridge to rest allow to rest for at least 30 minutes, and up to a maximum of 24 hours.
Once ready to use, your batter should have a foam like appearance on the top.
Cooking
Pre heat your oven to 220c /410f / (Fan oven) Gas mark 8
While the oven is warming up, add the beef dripping or a small amount of sunflower oil to the bottom of the sandwich tins, 1 tbsp should be enough and place in the oven to heat up, allow at least 10 minutes.
Once the oven is up to temperature, add half of the batter to each sandwich tin and cook for 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven, serve and enjoy!
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Notes
Sandwich tins used are 20cm from John Lewis, but any 20cm non stick should suffice.
Calories: 400kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: English
Keyword: British, Fail Proof, sunday roast, works each time