Mini Yorkshire puddings with roast beef and horseradish cream

A beautiful little bite of tender, rare roast beef spiked with horseradish in a baby Yorkshire pudding – glorious.

Ingredients

For the Yorkshire puddings

• 1 egg
• 85g/3oz plain flour
• 85ml/3fl oz milk and water mixed
• vegetable oil

For the horseradish cream

• 1 tub crème fraîche
• 2 tbsp fresh horseradish
• salt and pepper

For the filling

• 2-3 beef fillets (depending on size)
• flat leaf parsley, to garnish

Preparation method

1. To make the Yorkshire puddings, gently add the egg to the flour. Slowly add the water and milk to the mix, stirring continuously to keep it smooth.

2. Put a few drops of oil into each small muffin tray and put into a medium hot oven to heat. When the tray is hot, pour 2.5cm/1in of mixture into each space and replace in the oven. Cook for about 8-10 minutes until the mixture has puffed up. Then cool on a cooling rack.

3. To make the horseradish cream, simply mix all the ingredients together.

4. Cook fillet of beef rare (or more done if you prefer), slice thinly and arrange on the baby Yorkshire puddings. Add a dollop of horseradish cream and decorate with a sprig of flat leaf parsley.