Perfect Popovers
Perfect Popovers
Makes 12
15 min.
active cooking time
90 min.
total cooking time
Ingredients
5
eggs
1
egg white
2 cups
whole milk
6 tbsp.
Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, melted and warm to the touch
1 ¾ cups
flour
1 tsp.
salt
2 tbsp.
Clarified Butter (recipe below)
Directions
- Microwave or heat milk in a saucepan over low heat until just warm to the touch.
- While milk heats, add eggs and egg white to a large mixing bowl; using an electric mixer, beat eggs on medium speed until pale and frothy (about 3 min.).
- Add warm milk to eggs; beat until combined (about 30 sec.).
- Add warm butter; beat until combined (about 30 sec.).
- Reduce speed to low. Add flour and salt; mix just until homogeneous and lightly bubbly (about 30 sec.).
- Pour batter into a spouted measuring glass or pitcher; let rest at room temperature, covered, for 30 min.
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Spoon ½ tsp. clarified butter into each cup of two 6-cup popover pans. Set pans on a baking sheet in preheated oven; bake for 15 min.
- Remove baking sheet with popover pans from oven; carefully pour batter into popover cups, filling each just under ⅔ full.
- Return baking sheet with popover pans to oven; bake for 25 min. without opening oven door.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325°; continue baking until popovers are golden-brown (14-18 min.).
- Remove popover pans from oven; let rest for 1 min.
- Gently lift popovers from cups; serve immediately.
CLARIFIED BUTTER: Melt 3 tbsp. Kowalski’s Unsalted Butter in a saucepan over low heat; simmer, undisturbed, for 10-15 min. Strain mixture. Discard white milk solids; retain clear yellow clarified butter. Makes about 2 tbsp.