This is the showstopper. The same Yorkshire pudding batter poured into a low-sided cake tin creates one giant Yorkshire pudding that acts as the plate itself, then you fill it with a full roast dinner.

There's a Delia Smith recipe that has been doing the rounds at Christmas parties for decades, and these Mini Yorkshire Pudding Canapés are very much in that same spirit, unpretentious, crowd-pleasing, and the first thing to disappear from the table every single time. They've become a firm fixture at Christmas in my world, but honestly any gathering that deserves a proper canapé moment is a good excuse to make them.

Yorkshire Puddings are one of life's great joys, cheap to make, impossible not to love, and absolutely guaranteed a love for kids. They've been a childhood favourite for generations and honestly, I don't see that changing anytime soon. Simple ingredients, maximum impact.