People can be very serious about popovers. My boss and her family are some of these people. Popovers are a big thing for them. Me, I’ve only eaten one once and it wasn’t warm from the oven so I was told it was mediocre at best. I’ve never made them before tonight but now that I have I can definitely see myself doing it again. I was going to borrow Bek’s popover pan to get this party started but then in the P & Q it mentioned that the recipe (which I hadn’t even looked at until tonight) said you could use either custard cups or muffin pans so I just went with that. I did two custard cups and then I cheated a little bit and used one muffin pan.
Clearly I’m not as up on food science as I should be because I really don’t understand how something that I beat for an extended period of time in my stand mixer (Bitch Cake) was totally flat and awful and these things that I just whirred for an eens in my blender were so damn high. I mean look at this one! It’s like 5 inches tall!
Tristan said he had never had a popover before so I gave him the poppiest one. I’m not ashamed to say that I ate three of these. After all, they were mostly air right???
I enjoyed my first and second with a modest (ha!) helping of pasta carbonara and my third with some strawberry jam while I watched True Blood with the girlies. Any other TB fans out there?
My friend is convinced that Bill has a plan and is just faking this vampire religion stuff but I think homeboy is having a serious crisis. I’m still totally team Bill though. I even have the shirt to prove it!
Getting back to the popovers though – they were really delicious. Totally crunchy and crackly on the outside and soft and tender on the inside. I read some dissent about their “eggy” flavor in the P & Q but I have no issue with it. I am also totally on Team Egg apparently. I am sure some of the other bakers have done wonderful things with these and I’m really excited to check it out. My first attempt was pretty plain jane and by the book but I think I’ll try something wild next time – maybe cracked pepper and some sort of cheese? Thoughts?
Hosts for this recipe are Paula of Vintage Kitchen Notes and Amy of Bake with Amy. Check out either of their sites for the recipe so you can have some of these crispy, crunchy, tender babies happening in your life!
One delicious recipe–it’s a keeper. Good food.
We loved these – so easy to make. I’d like to try them with a savoury meal, if they lasted long enough to get to the table, that is.
I too plan on making them next time with some cheese! I think it would taste great. I loved them with just butter as well.
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I think it will be almost impossible to find another giant popover like yours.
It’s great! Amazing! Wow!
I’ve made some sweet and some cheesy (Grana cheese) adding some rosemary and spices…
This recipe is a winner!
WOW! Perfectly done…your rise was incredible!!!
I’ve never had popovers before and I’m not sure what to make of them. I liked the eggy taste, but it felt like it needed something more, but the extras I added just didn’t seem right!
I LOVE True Blood but I am totally team Eric!!!
I can’t work out whether Bill is brainwashed or has a scheme? Surely he has something up his sleve?!? I’ve read all the books and this storyline sure wasn’t in any of them!
Trying to back on board with TWD and FFWD for the fall and your post put me in the perfect mood! Can’t wait to attempt these! Your posts are always so funny and informative, not to mention honest, which we can all appreciate!
Gorgeous popovers! I , too, was amazed how tall they were with so little beating involved. The pasta carbonara looks amazing too!
What a great looking popover! I think cheese would be great. I love that these are super easy.
Love your sky high popover! Wasn’t it fun? I had the exact same though about the mixer and the quick blender brrrr. You have popover karma!!
that rise is really impressive! Mine seemed to grow out sideways.
I really liked the flavor of these too! Yours look great.
Wow! Your popover has some height!! I think it might be double what mine did…great job!
So jealous of the height you got on your popovers! Great post!
They look great! Love the air pockets!
I am not a True Blood fan, but am a fan of popovers. I grew up with them and have always loved them. Yours look great!
Those are some puffy popovers! Awesome job.
Those popovers look perfectly wonderful!! Great rise!!
Definitely throw a heaping tablespoon of cheese on top of the batter, you will love it. And I love your mile high popovers.
Glad you liked them, it was my first time making them too. They look beautiful.
Maggie, picture perfect popovers! Fantastic – I baked mine in mugs! So glad that you liked them too, the kids also adored their odd shapes! It was a fun recipe!
Such a pretty and straight rise on yours!
Beautiful!! I love the height that you got with them
looks like yours really popped! I love the almost creamy insides and crunchy exterior too.
WOW!! Look at the rise on that popover. Perfect!! These are great filled with gravy, or honey and butter, or jam, or…. well anything.
Maggie, your popovers rose to the occasion!
What’s great about these is the versatility..can be either sweet or savory…nice photos.
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Yours came out very nice and high! I like the way you added them to a savory meal.
beautiful popovers! I was amazed at them too!
Reach for the stars popovers
I am curious did they bake better in the muffin pan or in the custard cups?