Popovers with bacon and maple syrup

Name: Popovers with bacon and maple syrup
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 3 large eggs; 125g plain flour; ½ tsp sea salt; 150ml milk; 1 tbsp maple syrup, plus more to serve; 8 thin rashers streaky bacon, rindless; 6 tsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp roughly chopped parsley

Jill Dupleix

February 28, 2022

Mini Dutch babies with maple syrup and crispy bacon.William Meppem

Time:1-2 hoursMakes:12

They start with batter, like a pancake, but these oven-baked "Dutch baby" popovers rise in the oven. At once crunchy and soft, they're just begging for bacon and maple syrup.

Ingredients

3 large eggs
125g plain flour
½ tsp sea salt
150ml milk
1 tbsp maple syrup, plus more to serve
8 thin rashers streaky bacon, rindless
6 tsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp roughly chopped parsley

Method

Step 1
Whisk the eggs in a bowl, then sift in the flour and salt and whisk until smooth. Gradually whisk in the milk and maple syrup until smooth. Strain into a jug and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Step 2
Heat the oven to 180C fan-forced (200C conventional). Arrange bacon on a baking tray lined with baking paper, and bake in the oven until crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove and keep warm.
Step 3
Increase the oven temperature to 205C fan-forced (225C conventional). Using a 12-hole muffin tin, place half a teaspoon of oil in each hole and heat in the oven for 3 minutes. Carefully remove the hot muffin tray, and pour batter into each hole until one-third full. Quickly return to the oven and bake, undisturbed, for 15 minutes or until the popovers are puffed and golden brown.
Step 4
Pile onto plates and serve immediately with bacon, parsley and lashings of maple syrup.