Bacon Popovers Make Your Brunch an Amazing Affair

Bacon Popovers served with some grilled asparagus and some softened goat cheese will make your brunch an incredible event that everyone will be talking about for years! Adding bacon to a popover recipe makes these incredibly savory but still light and airy pockets of deliciousness that you have never tasted before. These beauties are incredible, and if you own a popover pan, they are easy to make and serve for a fantastic Sunday Brunch.

For some reason, I have been a little obsessed with popovers lately. It may be that I have been watching way too many British YouTubers talk about how much they love Yorkshire Pudding. So what is the difference between a popover and Yorkshire Pudding? Well, the simple answer is fat. Traditionally, for Yorkshire Pudding, or Yorkies as they are sometimes called, beef drippings are used as the batter’s grease and flavoring. Sometimes, it is poured around a hot roast and cooked in a huge piece. Popovers use butter. I have fond memories of my mother making Yorkshire Pudding with roast beef that I used to absolutely love.

These bacon popovers are really more of a bacon Yorkshire Pudding. But I decided to name them Bacon Popovers, as here in America, popovers are more common. And besides, there are some purists out there that would scoff at using bacon in a Yorkshire Pudding. You Know Who You Are! However, it does seem like in England, they make Yorkshire Pudding sometimes without beef drippings and still call them the same. Hopefully, someday I will get over to that side of the pond and discover for myself.

Some people like to pull out the eggy part in the middle and discard it. I’m one of the opposites. I love the eggy part and relish pulling it out to eat like a delicacy. Then I slather the crispy shell with butter. Pairing these bacon popovers with asparagus just seemed like a natural combination. I grilled some with olive oil and a little salt and pepper while baking up these tasty bacon popovers. Of course, you can serve them with anything savory. And on a whim, I tried spreading some goat cheese onto the inside of one because I could and discovered an incredibly fantastic way to enjoy them. 

I highly recommend a popover pan for baking popovers. I use this fantastic one from Nordic Ware that you can get from Amazon. (I get a small commission at no cost to you from Amazon. If you use any link on this page, please consider helping fund my food journey.) You can make them in muffin cups. But you will not get as high and mighty ones that you get from using a popover pan.

These bacon popovers are a fantastic brunch idea that I hope you try. Brunch used to be such a grand tradition, and I hope we all get back to having more soon. Please think of others in your choices. We all need to get through this crazy world together. Until next time!

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Bacon Popovers

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

1 hr

 

Savory Bacon Popovers are fantastic for brunch. Serve them with grilled asparagus and some goat cheese for a fabulous Sunday Brunch.

Course: Baking, Breakfast, Brunch, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, British

Keyword: bacon, bacon popovers, popovers

Servings: 6 popovers

Ingredients

• 6 slices of bacon or more if serving alongside
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk warmed to room temp or slightly warmer
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons melted butter

Instructions

To bake the bacon

1. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or foil if you want an easier cleanup.
2. Preheat oven to 400°
3. Arrange bacon in a single layer on the prepared rimmed baking sheet. You will need about 3-4 tablespoons of the drippings to grease the popover pan. You can cook more than 6 slices if desired.
4. Bake until bacon reaches the desired level of crispiness (no need to flip it) for about 20 minutes.
5. Remove bacon from the pan & place on paper towels to drain grease. Do not throw away the bacon drippings. Reserve for the popovers.
6. Crumble 4 of the slices of the bacon into fairly small bits. You will need about 1/3 cup crumbled bacon. Reserve the remaining slices for serving if desired. You need the bacon grease of the 6 slices or 3-4 tablespoons.

For the popovers

1. Raise the oven temperature to 450° and move the oven rack to a low position.
2. Warm the eggs by placing them un-cracked in a medium bowl or 4-cup glass measuring cup and cover with hot water (as hot as your tap will go). Let them sit for 10 minutes.
3. Generously grease the popover pan thoroughly with the bacon drippings inside each cup and around the top edges.
4. With your whisk, beat together the eggs, milk, and salt until they are combined. The yolks should be completely blended in.
5. Add the flour and whisk until the mixture is bubbly and all large lumps are gone. Then quickly stir in the melted butter. The batter will look like very thin pancake batter. If it is too thick they will not rise up.
6. Divide the batter between the prepared popover cups. They should be about 3/4 of the way full. Do not fill above ¾. You may have a little left over batter.
7. Quickly sprinkle the crumbled bacon evenly over the filled cups.
8. Bake the popovers for 20 minutes and then reduce the heat to 350°F. Bake for another 10 or 15 minutes. The popovers will be very golden brown.
9. Serve these Bacon Popovers while hot with any of the remaining bacon if desired. They can be slathered with softened goat cheese, jam or butter. They go great with grilled asparagus.

Recipe Notes

You may bake these popovers in standard muffin tins, but they will be smaller, and the recipe makes 8 standard muffin sized popovers.

These popovers can be reheated in a 350° oven for 8-10 minutes to crispen them up.