There are some shows on the Food Network that I watch regularly. Every now and then I see a recipe which makes me want to rush into the kitchen and try it out immediately. This was one such recipe that looked really good. I modified the original a bit by adding a couple of other ingredients.
Here’s what I did.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
¾ cup all-purpose flour
6-7 basil leaves, chopped
1 cup milk (I used 2 %)
¾ cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic, crushed and made into a paste like this.
1 tsp red chilli flakes
Salt & pepper to taste
Oil to grease the muffin pan
Method:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a muffin tin. (A popover pan is said to produce the best results.)
Throw all the ingredients together in the blender and process until just blended, 30-45 seconds. The batter will be thin.
Pour the batter into the muffin cups filling each cup three-fourths full.
Bake for about 30 minutes until puffed and golden brown. Do not peek into the oven for the first 30 minutes! I also let the popovers sit in the oven for another 10-15 minutes after turning off the heat for the tops to get well browned and crusty, and also for the insides to dry out a bit.
Serve right away; they start to deflate almost immediately.
The popovers had a nice and crisp exterior with a slightly hollow, soft interior. These were perfect along with soup.
This post has some very useful tips on how to make the perfect popovers.
35 Burps:
that's such a catchy name for those beauties :)
looks so delicious..
happy blogging 1st year anniversary. I am so happy for havign your lovely recipes around and available...
Btw. T&T round-up is up and running, so is July´s challenge. Hope to see you there ...
Different from the usual sweet ones...Have never had savoury popovers....
Wow...ur popovers look great. Even I had made these using Giada's recipe but mine deflated before I could take a pic :(
Congratulations TBC on your first blog anniversary! :)
These popovers looks perfect and puffed up.. I've always liked the sound of them but never attempted. So they came out well in a muffin pan itself? I've seen the special pan they use on TV, maybe those are slightly taller and that's the only diff i guess...
Congrats on your anniversary!. The popovers are so perfect, like laavanya mentioned. Lovely picture.
Congrats dear TBC on your first blogversary...and those popovers look great :-)
Congrats on your blogiversart, TBC.
Lesson to myself: NEVER visit TBC's blog before going to bed. It is impossible to sleep with a salivating mouth.
beautiful popovers.
I love popovers, but never thought to make a Parmesan version. A must try.
A very happy blog birthday to you! I look forward to another year of your delicious creations.
nice recipe, and congrats on ure blogs happy birday.......
happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you dear blog :)..congrats missy!!..and why am i not surprized at the inspiration for the recipe ;)
Savoury is the way to go :) They look delicious!
Congrats on your first blog anniversary, I'm glad you didn't lose interest :D.
Lovely stuff... perfect with soup :-) I'm bookmarking this.
Happy birthday TBC :-)
The year went by pretty fast, didn't it? Happy 1st, TBC. Love your popovers. They would make a nice addition to the bread basket of an Italian dinner.
congrats on ur one year anniversary!! :-)
the pop overs look amazing! its great that u cud take the pictures before they deflated!! :-) thanks for all the additional info, TBC!
TBC-
Parmesan popovers look like great muffins,thanks for sharing.
the popovers look so inviting and beautiful. Congrats on completing a year of blogging. Wishing you many more.
this recipe sounds cool! I have some parmesan lying in my fridge. Will try this soon and let you know. thanx
nice popovers.....never tried any, but i dont have a muffin pan....lets see when wud i get one
So cute! :) And congrats on the first anniv. May you have many more!
Popovers sounds delicious and savoury ones are not seen so much.. these will be devoured in seconds!!
I have never tried popovers, and these look irresistible! I love anything parmesan.
Yum, popovers! They look delicious, TBC.
TBC! I love your blog!
Thank you for the encouraging comments and Happy One Year Anniversary to the 'The Budding Cook'.
Oh popovers... I haven't made them in such a long time, they are great with a good soup... your recipe looks great.
Those parmesan popovers look good!
Clafoutis...popovers...there are delicious things cooking in this kitchen!
Congrats on your first anniversary in blogsophere! thats indeed a great milestone! Beautiful popovers..
Great looking poppers. I am surprised that they rose so well without any baking soda/powder! Thats amazing.
And congrats on the 'anniversary' :)
Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. It traced me back to your blog:) which I loved a lot. You have great recipes and pictures! I just subscribed to you to learn more from you:)
Oh, these popover sound and look so delicious! They are easy to make too. A must try.
Also, happy anniversary to you!! Wishing you many more years of blogging!
I've been planning to make these from a loong time. Hmm tell me about the urge to rush into the kitchen and try it out instantly...that never seems to happen though :P
Good going on blogging for a year! :)
Nags, notyet100, Rachel, Homecooked, Bee, Mitr_bayarea, Ramya, Bhags, Swati, Patricia, Vaishali, Cris, Kevin and Nupur- I thank each and every one of you for your input. Thanks for your most encouraging comments! :D
Zlamushka- thank you!:D Very sweet of u to say that! I did check out the round-up- what a great one it is, and you are a good hostess.:D
Laavanya- thank you so much for the wishes!:D
I'd say that a regular muffn pan's fine. If Giada says it's o.k. to use a muffin pan, I'm not gonna dispute that.;-)
Shreya- thank you for the good wishes and for your sweet commnet.:D
Sunita- thank you!:D
Lakshmi- thanks for stopping by. It's been a while...
You are too kind!
Lisa- thank you.:D
Please try them out, I'm sure you'll like 'em.
Karuna- thank you very much!:D
Rajitha- thank you, my dear!
You know, Giada's going to have a new show in another month or so. I'm so excited! How do ya feel??? ;-)
Lore- I'm glad too!:D Thanks for the good wishes.:)
Raaga- yes, it was really good with soup. Do give me some feedback (preferably the good kind) when you do make it.;-)
Thank you for the wishes.:D
Susan- It sure did! Thank you.:D
I'm glad that I'm still here.
JZ- thank you.:D Actually, all of them except one(the first one in the pic) had started to deflate. I just kept the one that was good in focus.;-)
Uma- thank you so much! :D
A & N- thank you.:D
The eggs do the job here...
Pooja- I'm glad you stopped by, and thanks for the warm wishes.:D
Sujatha- Thanks!:D I never thought I'd last this long!
Farida- I'm so glad to see you here! I love your blog. Seom of your recipes are simply great. I have gone back to check out your Zebra cake so many times now!
Thank you so much for the good wishes.:D
Namratha- it's so nice to see you here! I have not been blog-hopping as much I used to...too much to do these days! How have you been?
Thank you for the wishes.:D