Heat 2 tablespoons butter, the garlic, and sage in a small skillet over medium.
Cook until the sage is crispy and the butter is browning-about 4 mins.
Remove the garlic and sage and keep on the side for your compound butter.
Place oven rack in lower 1/3 of oven and preheat oven to 450 with pan in oven.
In a bowl, whisk together the milk and eggs 1 minutes.
Add the browned butter, flour, parmesan and salt.
Carefully remove the popover pan from the oven and with an oven mitt grease the cups with crisco.
Divide the batter into the cups filling 3/4 full.
Bake 20 mins and then lower oven to 350 baking another 15-20.