Five steps to the perfect Yorkshire Pudding: Young Masterchef judge Poppy O’Toole

Michelin-trained chef, food influencer and Young Masterchef judge, Poppy O’Toole has spent years honing her skills and perfecting some of the UK’s favorite foods, and now she’s joined MailOnline to share five simple steps to perfect the beloved Yorkshire pudding.

In addition to making it his life’s mission to perfect the art of the humble baked potato, he regularly shares his tips on all kinds of toppings with his millions of followers to help them spice up their weekend routines.

The chef has an impressive 3.5 million followers on her TikTok channel, where she shares her favorite food hacks; Most recently, she hosted a ’12 Days of Christmas Potatoes’ series.

With an additional 427,000 followers on Instagram, the BBC judge is well known for her love of food porn and has also appeared on TV shows including Weakest Link.

She may be the self-proclaimed Queen of Potatoes, but she knows that the other elements of a classic Sunday roast are just as important, starting with one item that Poppy believes is essential to all roast dinners: Yorkshire pudding.

The chef and influencer has 3.5 million followers on her TikTok channel, where she shares her favorite food hacks, like how to up your Sunday roast game.

Poppy has now teamed up with MailOnline to share the secrets behind the perfect Yorkshire pudding.

Once mixed, it’s best to pour the batter into something that’s easy to pour, like a pitcher.

Poppy says it’s essential to wait until the oil is very hot in whatever pan you’re using for your Yorkshires before adding the batter.

The influencer started working in high-end restaurants at the age of 18 and landed an apprenticeship at Purnell’s in Birmingham.

She soon moved to London to pursue her career, but lost her job when the pandemic hit in March 2020.

It was then that he started making TikTok videos and spending time with his Instagram followers, reaching 1.5 million TikTok followers in 12 months.

He first went viral with a video explaining how to make McDonald’s-style hash browns.

Speaking to MailOnline, he shared the number one way to ensure Yorkshire puddings come out perfect, and it all has to do with the oil or fat used.

Poppy says: “A Yorkshire pudding should be on every roast dish, not just beef.”

The influencer started working in high-end restaurants at the age of 18 and landed an apprenticeship at Purnell’s in Birmingham.

Made with eggs, flour and milk, Yorkshire puddings have long been combined with beef for a traditional Sunday roast.

But Poppy says, “A Yorkshire pudding should be on all roast dishes, not just beef.”

She added that she serves them with almost any roast: from chicken to lamb.

It just wouldn’t be the same without a Yorkshire pudding.

Poppy shows her followers how to make the popular dish in five easy steps.

First, mix the egg into the flour and gradually add the milk, beating until smooth with a simple hand mixer.

Then comes her best advice for making “the perfect Yorkie.” She says to use a muffin pan for best results, then pour a little oil into each slot before tilting the pan to make sure it covers the bottom.

The next step is to heat in the oven until the fat is piping hot – in her online TikTok videos, you can see the oil boiling as she takes it out of the oven.

She said, “You want the batter to almost start to foam when you pour it in, so you get the height you want from your puddings.”

This is the make or break stage – if the oil isn’t hot enough, the puddings won’t rise and be wonderfully crisp as they should be.

The fourth stage is to pour the batter into each of the slots in the pan, before finally cooking the puddings until they have risen and are golden brown all over.

The perfect pudding should be crisp on the outside, fully cooked, and soft in the center.

In 2021, Poppy released her own cookbook, Poppy Cooks: The Food You Need, in which she has an entire chapter on how to perfect a Sunday roast.