Beef with Yorkshire pudding waffles

As featured at The Great Yorkshire Pudding Challenge 2019  – Third Place.

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The weather at the moment makes it a little too hot to be making a full-on roast dinner, so this recipe is a happy compromise that gave me everything I wanted without heating the kitchen excessively!

Ingredients for 2 servings

 

280g	sirloin steak
80g	plain flour
2	whole eggs
65ml	semi skimmed milk
10g	olive oil
200g	new potatoes
200g	tenderstem broccoli
2-3	sprays of oil
	salt and pepper

(Example ingredient amounts given, adjust accordingly to your requirements)

Method

• Boil the new potatoes in water until tender.  Drain and set aside.
• Blanch the broccoli for a few minutes and remove them from the pan.  Leave the broccoli in a colander to rest.  Don’t worry if they’re not cooked through as the residual heat will continue to cook the broccoli while you cook the remainder of the dish.
• Make the batter by combining the eggs, flour and milk into a bowl or large jug along with a little seasoning to taste.
• Spend a few minutes whisking the batter before resting for a couple of minutes.
• Repeat until you have a smooth batter.
• Take your waffle iron and heat it up or if you have an electric stand alone model, turn it on to warm up.
• When the waffle iron is hot, add a couple of sprays of oil to coat the waffle iron and carefully pour enough batter to fill the bottom waffle iron by only 3/4.
• Close the waffle iron and leave it to cook for a few minutes.   If your waffle iron is electric, leave it for a few minutes to cook through – this shouldn’t take long.  If your waffle iron goes on the gas hob like mine, turn it over to cook the second side after a few minutes.
• When both sides of the waffle are golden brown, remove the waffle and repeat the process until all of the batter has been used.
• Heat up a large frying pan and add half of the olive oil.
• Add the new potatoes to the pan and leave them to brown on one side for a few minutes.
• When you’re happy that the first side is golden and crispy, turn the potatoes over to brown the 2nd side and crush them a little with a potato masher.
• Remove the potatoes from the pan and add the remaining oil to the pan.
• Cook the steak to your liking and allow it to rest for a few minutes while you plate up.
• Add the Yorkshire pudding waffles to the plate, top with the potatoes and broccoli.
• Finally, slice up the steak and arrange the slices onto the Yorkshire pudding waffles.
• Season to taste.

Notes

• I like to trim the steak of any visible fat to keep the dish as lean as possible.
• Feel free to use regular broccoli.
• If necessary, have the oven pre-heated on a really low heat to keep everything warm while everything cooks if you’re worried about timings.
• The steak would be lovely eaten with a dash of Dijon mustard!