Popovers

I went to a wonderful place for a Christmas luncheon with my mom and a few of her friends from work. The place was decorate so beautifully for the holidays. One of the first things they brought out was these wonderful popovers. My mom has told me many times that one of her grandmother's favorite holiday recipe that she made was popovers. She would put chicken salad in them or Lobster Newberg. Here is her recipe for just the popovers that my Mom has handed down to me. Miss you great Granny!



                                                                    Popovers


3 Tbls of butter
2 large eggs
1 cup of milk which should be lukewarm
1 cup of all purpose flour
1 tsp of kosher salt

Heat your oven to 400 degrees. Brush some of the melted butter over a muffin tin. Put the tin in the oven for 5 mins. Meanwhile mix the eggs in until they are a light yellow. add the milk until blended then the salt and flour. Pour the batter in the muffin tinsand return to the oven to bake for 30 mins or till golden brown. DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DURING THIS TIME! Serve with just butter. These are so good you can't just eat one.

Popover Chicken

We all learn from the best. I consider my Mom the best. Not at just being a mom but even my best friend. From my childhood I remember a few recipes she made that have stuck in my head all these years and one is her popover chicken. It's a recipe she didn't make that often so it was always tucked away some where. Sadly the last time she tucked it away, it was tucked away real good and hasn't been found in quite some time. So with looking for it or a similiar recipe we came up with this one and it is really very close...

Popover Chicken

Serves/Makes:   4
 

Ingredients:
1 chicken (3 lb size), cut into pieces
3 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons shortening
***Batter***
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons melted butter




Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wipe pieces of chicken dry. Mix flour, salt and pepper. Put on plate or wax paper. Lightly coat each piece of chicken with flour mixture.

Melt shortening in skillet. When very hot, add chicken pieces and brown on all sides. Remove to paper towels and pat free of excess oil.

Grease 13 x 9" deep baking dish (3 quart). Place in oven while mixing popover batter:

In large bowl, mix flour with salt. Make well in center of flour and drop eggs into well. Beat eggs lightly, barely incorporating flour.

Add milk and melted butter and beat only until batter is well blended. Pour batter into very hot baking dish. Put pieces of browned chicken on top. Put dish back in oven and bake 30 minutes.

Reduce heat to 325 degrees. Bake 10 minutes more or until batter is golden brown.