Bacon Parmesan Popovers Food

BACON PARMESAN POPOVERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs and milk. Combine flour, cheese and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 45 minutes., Preheat oven to 450°. In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels to drain. Grease cups of a nonstick popover pan well with some of the bacon drippings; set aside. Stir bacon into batter; fill prepared cups two-thirds full., Bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° (do not open oven door). Bake until deep golden brown, about 15 minutes longer (do not underbake)., Run a table knife or small metal spatula around edges of cups to loosen if necessary. Immediately remove popovers from pan; prick with a small sharp knife to allow steam to escape. Serve immediately.

POPOVERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Generously grease aluminum popover pans or Pyrex custard cups with softened butter. You'll need enough pans to make 12 popovers. Place the pans in the oven for exactly 2 minutes to preheat. Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, salt, eggs, milk, and melted butter until smooth. The batter will be thin. Fill the popover pans less than half full and bake for exactly 30 minutes. Do not peek.

PARMESAN POPOVERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a blender, combine eggs, flour, salt, pepper, and herbs, milk, and cheese. Blend on medium speed.
• Spray a mini-muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Pour the batter into the muffin cups, filling each cup 3/4 full. Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove popovers from muffin tin and cool on a wire rack. Save in a storage container to take to the picnic.

BACON POPOVERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Combine the eggs, milk and oil; whisk into the dry ingredients just until blended. , Using a 12-cup muffin tin, grease and flour five alternating cups. Fill two-thirds full with batter. Sprinkle with bacon. Fill empty cups two-thirds full with water. , Bake at 450° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° (do not open oven door). Bake 15 minutes longer or until deep golden brown (do not underbake).

PARMESAN POPOVERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450ºF.
• Place muffin pan in oven to heat. Meanwhile, combine flour, cheese and salt in medium bowl. Whisk eggs, milk and butter in separate bowl until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until blended. (Batter will be slightly lumpy.)
• Spray 12 hot muffin pan cups with cooking spray. Spoon batter into prepared cups, adding about 1/4 cup batter to each cup.
• Bake 15 min. Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF. Continue baking popovers 20 to 25 min. or until tops are puffed and golden brown. Transfer popovers from muffin pan to wire rack. Use sharp knife to cut slits in tops of popovers to vent the steam. Serve warm.

GARLIC PARMESAN POPOVERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.F. Generously grease six 2/3-cup popover tins or nine 1/2-cup muffin tins.
• In a bowl whisk together eggs, milk, and water. Add flour and whisk mixture until combined well but still slightly lumpy.
• Mince garlic and mash with salt. Whisk garlic paste into batter and divide half of batter among tins. Sprinkle 1/4 cup Parmesan over batter in tins and divide remaining batter among tins. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan over popovers and bake in lower third of oven 45 minutes. Cut a slit about 1/2 inch long on top of each popover with a small sharp knife and bake 10 minutes more. (Popovers will not rise much because of Parmesan).

BACON CHEDDAR POPOVERS

Steps:

• 1. Coat 8 cups of a popover/muffin pan with non-stick spray. Be sure to fill empty cups with water to avoid burning pan. Pre-heat oven to 450°F.
• 2. Whisk flour and salt together in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and milk together. Add to the flour mixture and stir until blended. Fold in cheese, bacon and scallion.
• 3. Fill popover/muffin cups 3/4 full (approx. 1/3 cup batter in each). Bake at 450° for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350° and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes, or until browned and puffed. ***Keep oven closed until the end of baking time or else the popovers will deflate.***.
• 4. Remove popovers from the oven. Immediately remove popovers from pan to cool. Pierce sides once with a knife to release steam.
• 5. Serve warm. (Re-heat at 350° for 5 minutes to crisp the outside edges, if needed.).

GREEN ONION-PARMESAN POPOVERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Brush twelve 1/3-cup (standard) nonstick muffin cups or six 1-cup (large) nonstick muffin cups with 3 tablespoons melted butter; dust with 2/3 cup cheese. Beat eggs to blend in large bowl. Beat in milk and green onions, then remaining 1/2 cup melted butter. Blend flour, salt, and remaining 1/2 cup cheese in medium bowl; gradually whisk into egg mixture (some small lumps may remain).
• Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake popovers without opening oven until puffed and crusty brown, about 38 minutes for small and 48 minutes for large; turn out of pan and serve hot.

SAVORY PARMESAN POPOVERS (HEALTHIER!)

Steps:

• Place the oven rack on the next-to-lowest shelf of the oven. Preheat the oven to 450*. Coat 6 popover cups, deep muffin cups, or custard cups with nonstick spray.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the milk, unbleached or all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, oil, basil, and salt. Vigorously whisk in the egg and egg whites.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared cups. Sprinkle with Parmesan evenly over the batter in the cups. Bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350*. Do not open the oven door. Bake for 15-20 minutes longer, or until deep golden brown and puffed up.
• Remove the popovers from the oven and cool in the cups on a rack for 5 minutes. Carefully remove from the cups and serve.