Popover Pie with Ham and Peas
Cooking time: 45 minutes for menu
Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
One could call this a Savory Clafoutis or a Popover Pie or a Yorkshire Pudding Pie. What Americans call popovers, the British call Yorkshire Pudding and it's basically the same batter used to make the French stone-fruit desserts called Clafoutis. Whatever.... It's easy.
Popover Pie with Ham and Peas
Total time: 45 minutes
This is a colorful pie, with the bright green peas and red pimento. I sautéed the filling briefly - to tenderize the onion and defrost the peas.
Ingredients:
- 6oz (180gr) ham, pink, baked style
- 1 medium onion
- 1 cup peas, frozen, no sauce
- 4oz (120gr) pimento or roasted red pepper
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 cup (2oz, 60gr) shredded cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) milk
- 1 cup flour
- pinch nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 tsp olive oil
Instructions:
- Peel and chop onion
- Cut ham in to strips or small cubes.
- Heat 2 tsp olive oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, ham and sauté until onion is tender.
- Add peas and heat through. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Open and drain pimento or red pepper. Cut into strips.
- Shred cheese.
- In medium bowl lightly beat eggs with wire whisk.
- Add milk, flour, salt and nutmeg. Beat lightly to just combine; a few lumps are okay - over-beating is not.
- Put remaining 2 tsp olive oil in 10-inch glass baking dish and run it around to coat the bottom.
- Pour in the batter mixture.
- Spoon ham and peas onto the batter to within 1 inch of sides of dish.
- Sprinkle with basil.
- Lay the pimento strips across the top and sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake at 425F (215C) for 30 minutes or until edges puff up and are golden brown.
- Remove and let rest a minute or 2. Cut into wedges and serve.
Cooking Schedule:
45 minutes for menu
Assemble all ingredients and utensils
Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives,
medium bowl, whisk, medium skillet, baking dish
Turn on oven 425F (215C)
Chop onion
Cut ham
Sauté onion, ham
Open pimentos, drain, cut into strips
Add peas to skillet, heat through
Oil baking dish |
Shred cheese if needed
Whisk eggs
Add flour, milk, nutmeg, whisk
Pour batter into baking dish
Spoon ham, peas onto batter
Sprinkle with basil
Arrange pimento strips on top
Sprinkle with cheese, bake
30 minute break
Remove, let rest
Cut, serve |