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❤️ Why you'll love it
- hearty country flavor
- so good with butter and honey
- delicious with soups, stews, or just about anything
The cornmeal adds an extra crispness to the outer crust and a little extra flavor, too.
🧾 Ingredients
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🥫 Storage
Popovers are best served fresh from the oven but if you have leftovers you can put them in an airtight container or freezer bag and freeze them for up to 3 months.
Reheat in a 350F oven until heated through and they crisp up a bit.
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: Remember that the popover pans need to be steaming hot when you add the batter. This is what gives them the distinctive, thin, crispy crust and causes them to rise high and light.
- Do not use egg substitute.
- Do not use lowfat milk.
- Make sure everything is at room temperature.
- Use good, metal popover pans. I do not recommend using muffin tins OR silicone.
- Always grease the pans with melted butter. DO NOT USE COOKING/BAKING SPRAYS.
- Serve immediately - they are not something you can make ahead of time.
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📞 The last word
I've been in love with popovers and all their variations since the first time my mom took me to Neiman Marcus's Zodiac Room for lunch.
Back then you dressed up to go shopping.
There was no such thing as heading out to the mall in jeans and a tee. Only "trash" appeared in public without perfectly coiffed hair and at least a little lipstick.
It was Dallas, it was the late 60s/early 70s and life was simple and uncomplicated. As long as you lived by the rules you'd do fine.
And by doing fine I mean that you'd go to college, find a suitable husband, and settle down in the "Bubble" (Highland Park/University Park) or a wealthy suburb to raise children, decorate your husband's arm at social events, and bring a 5-Star worthy casserole or pie to church potlucks and bake sales.
And while I was perfectly prepared for that lifestyle the Universe had other plans for me.
By 1975 all of that had changed, conservative Dallas caught up with the right and left coasts, and frayed jeans and flower power had arrived with a vengeance. I traded my White Shoulders perfume for Opium perfume and learned to drink beer.
From a can.
Oh the horror.
The Zodiac Room is located on the sixth level of Neiman Marcus downtown. To this day it is one of those places that still represents Old Dallas from the menu to the service.
White linen tablecloths, white linen napkins... quiet, peaceful atmosphere...
Today I am sure it is fine to head there in jeans but I can't do it. When I go I put on a dress, and stockings, and makeup.
I can't tell you how tempting it is to pull my mom's ivory colored gloves from the place I have them stored.
It's the Zodiac Room, after all!
And, just like they always have, you'll be served big, steaming popovers and strawberry butter.
Of course, those popovers are made of fine, white flour - nothing as plebeian as cornmeal.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Cornmeal Popovers Recipe
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- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup milk, room temperature
- ⅓ cup buttermilk, room temperature
- ⅓ cup water, room temperature
- ¾ cup flour
- ¼ cup cornmeal
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Use 2 tablespoons of the butter to generously grease popover pans.
- Pulse the cornmeal in a blender or food processor until very fine.
- Mix the cornmeal, flour, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, buttermilk, and water in a bowl.
- Gradually stir the cornmeal mixture into the egg mixture.
- Add the melted butter and whisk until smooth.
- Let stand for 30 minutes at room temperature.
- Put the empty, buttered popover pan in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Carefully remove it and pour about ¼ cup of batter into each well.
- Put in the oven immediately – bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the popovers are puffed and golden.
- Turn the oven off.
- Slit the tops of each one with a knife to let the steam escape and return to the oven for a few minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Do not use egg substitute.
- Do not use lowfat milk.
- Make sure everything is at room temperature.
- Use good, metal popover pans. I do not recommend using muffin tins OR silicone.
- Always grease the pans with melted butter. DO NOT USE COOKING/BAKING SPRAYS.
- Serve immediately - they are not something you can make ahead of time.
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Rose mary Clute
I only have the silicone pop over pans
Will that work?
Marye
Hi Rose mary - I've never used them but I'm sure they will.
Sue
This does bring back wonderful memories. Nothing like Zodiac Room. I still cannot go shopping with some make up, nice jeans and coordinating shirts, sweaters. Cannot wear sandals with a good pedicure.
Marye Audet
Isn't it funny how it sticks with us?
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
Ha - Marye, I love your candor regarding your self-pumping dilemma, I'm not a lad but a lady and would still volunteer to come help you pump your gas if you sent me back with a dozen or two of these popovers!
Marye Audet
🙂 LOL! It's a deal. 😉
allie
Hi Marye- I absolutely HATE putting gas in my car too. I guess I was born in the wrong century. Or at least decade. I always thought I'd be a stay at home mom who volunteered with the PTA. Yeah, well things change. 🙂 Your popovers are to die for. I absolutely love the addition of cornmeal.
Marye Audet
Thanks Allie!