Full English Breakfast Popover
A Full English Breakfast Popover is a golden, puffed Yorkshire-style batter baked with cocktail sausages, streaky bacon and cherry tomatoes. The Thermomix TM7 weighs the flour and milk directly into the bowl and mixes the batter into a silky, lump-free consistency in seconds. Ideal for a leisurely weekend breakfast or brunch, it delivers a crispy exterior with a soft, custardy centre.
About this recipe
Full English Breakfast Popover Thermomix TM7 recipes bring the best of a classic British breakfast together in one dramatic, puffed pan. Instead of standing over separate frying pans, you pour a silky batter of eggs, plain flour and milk around uncooked cocktail sausages, streaky bacon and cherry tomatoes, then let the oven do the rising. The all-in-one kitchen machine makes the batter foolproof: the built-in scale weighs the flour and milk directly into the bowl, and the blades blend everything into a smooth, lump-free liquid in seconds, which is exactly what a popover needs for its signature tall rise. The result is a golden, crisp exterior with a soft, almost custardy centre, studded with juicy sausages, salty-sweet bacon and bursting tomatoes. This recipe is perfect for a weekend breakfast, a lazy brunch or even a quick weeknight dinner when you crave something warming and comforting with hardly any washing-up afterwards.
Preparation tips
- Take the eggs, milk and flour out of the fridge at least half an hour before mixing, because a room-temperature batter rises dramatically better in the oven and gives your popover that impressive puffed crown.
- Preheat the baking tin with the olive oil until it shimmers before pouring in the batter; a hot tin is the secret to a crisp base and maximum lift around the sausages and bacon.
- Swap the cocktail sausages for vegetarian sausages and omit the streaky bacon to make it kid-friendly or meat-free, and add a handful of grated cheddar over the cherry tomatoes for extra savoury appeal.
Recipe variations
- Vegetarian version: replace the cocktail sausages and streaky bacon with meat-free sausages, smoked paprika seasoning and extra cherry tomatoes, keeping the same fluffy popover batter for a hearty plant-based breakfast.
- Festive Christmas-morning version: add a spoonful of wholegrain mustard to the batter, tuck in sage leaves and use herby sausages for a seasonal brunch centrepiece that feeds the whole family.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Weigh the plain flour and milk straight into the TM7 bowl, so the popover batter ratios are precise without any separate measuring cups. [Precision Control]
- The Thermomix mixes eggs, flour and milk into a lump-free, silky batter in seconds, guaranteeing a tall and even popover rise. [Multi-Function]
- Grinding the sea salt and pepper fresh in the TM7 seasons the batter more intensely than pre-ground seasoning from a jar. [Multi-Function]
- Whipping air into the batter with the butterfly whisk gives the popover extra volume for an impressive golden puff in the oven. [Multi-Function]
- The Thermomix gently heats the milk to blood warmth before blending, helping the batter reach oven temperature faster for a better rise. [Time Savings]
Ingredients
- olive oil
- large eggs
- plain flour
- milk
- fine sea salt
- ground black pepper
- cocktail sausages, uncooked
- streaky bacon
- cherry tomatoes