Sink The Bismarck!

Do you remember this thrilling film set in WW2 [script based C S Forester’s book] about the last days of the great German battleship?

But did you know that a “Bismarck” is also a type of pudding? I only discovered this last week – but it looked worth a try, so as the oven was going to be hot for something else, I made one. Dead easy…

• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup SR flour
• ¼ cup milk

Preheat oven to HOT [200ºC or thereabouts] Mix all the ingredients till smooth and lump free [by hand, in a blender, or with a hand whisk…however you like] Chill 30 minutes. Put a knob of butter into an oven proof skillet [20cm size] and heat in the oven till sizzling. Pour in the batter. Cook 20 minutes. Serve immediately [serves 2]

We cut this in half, I sprinkled caster sugar and lemon juice on mine, Bob drizzled runny honey on his.

The alternative name for this dessert [the name Martha Stewart favours] is “Dutch Baby” [a corruption of deutsch  - betraying the German origin]

It was quick, cheap, and easy [for 4 portions, double the quantities and use a 30cm skillet – you may need to cook it for 25 minutes]

But whether you call it a Bismarck, a Dutch Baby [an alarmingly cannibalistic moniker, I feel] or a ‘David Eyre Pancake’ [after the American writer who died in 2008] it looks suspiciously like a large Yorkshire Pudding to my simple English eyes!