Yorkshire Pudding

[kitty1950]

I can make a fantastic yorkshire pudding using plain white flour but I would like to know if it is possible to make a successful one using plain wholemeal flour? Has anyone tried it and if so what were the results?

Thanks, Kath.

[Kim A]

My instinct tells me that using wholemeal flour might make the pud v. heavy and stodgy - look at the difference between white and wholemeal bread! However, you might get a result (of sorts) with half white and half wholemeal - (most wholemeal bread recipes call for this proportion), and you'd probably have to tinker with the liquid proportions as well - wholemeal flour absorbs liquid like a sponge. If it were me, I'd just stick to the unhealthy white flour version - why fix it if it ain't broke?

[kitty1950]

Thanks Kim, I agree with you about it being stodgy using all wholemeal flour so I am going to try it using half and half, but I will give it a try using only wholemeal as well, if it doesn't work out it wont have cost me much.

Kath

[nickmo]

Don't use whoelmeal, the pudding will be 'gritty' or tough. Just use plain white.

[kitty1950]

nickmo, have you tried it or do you know someone who has. I am still going to try it. It wont have cost much if it dosen't work. I like experimenting.

[nickmo]

Kitty - Been tried to see if would be as 'wrong' as I thought. And it was.

You can add herbs to the batter for if you want to be different - thats nice with a Toad in the Hole (or Frog in the Mud if it all goes wrong!) and only use sparingly or you have a green mess to explain away.........

And use rice flour if any friends are allergic to wheat.

Happy battering!

[kitty1950]

Thanks again nickmo, I will try making yorkshires with rice flour and maybe just try making them with half wholemeal and half white as Kim suggests.

[Gef]

If you don't use plain white flour then it is not Yorkshire pudding. There is nothing unhealthy about white flour.

[DarrenHird1]

Unfortunately Gef White/Plain flour is a main cause of Fatty Liver Disease. Hence I was on this forum hoping to find out whether it was worth my while attempting to make using Wholemeal flour.