sti-04!!

Whats your way of making roast potatoes ? I need some ideas as to the best way for xmas day.

TIA

WRX_Dazza

depends how you like them:-

pre heat over 200 deg C with a baking tray with some goose fat if possible

i cut into halfs (even sizes)

put in a pan of water and add some salt, then boil them. once the water has reached boiling point tip out the water and leave the potatos in the pan to dry with the heat.

once dry, add them to the baking tray for about 40 mins

add a couple of bay leaves and turn them and bast them every 15 mins

serve immediately, but do not cover them, they will go soft, leave any extra in the oven until needed.

crack over some sea salt and viola !

gallois

i boil em until fully soft in salted water. drain them, shake em about in the saucepan to fluffify the edges, sprinkle a bit of salt and put them in a roasting tray with lots of oil (or fat) 200deg.c. and turn em now and again to make sure they are coated with oil and do not go dry, wait until they are golden brown and leave in a colander to drain the oil, you'll have lovley fluffy white inside with nice crispy outside

Lee247

Boil for about 10 minutes, drain the pan. Give them a shake to get them fluffy on the edges.

Hot oven.

If you have some Goose fat (you can get it in most supermarkets) cook them in that. If not, use the fat off the Turkey, works just as well. Enjoy mm mm mm

shooter007

par boil and use beef fat taste fantastic

WRX_Dazza

i've just had me dinner, but im getting hungry again !!! lol

Dedrater

Watch Jamies family Christmas on 4OD.

Jamie's Family Christmas - 4oD - Channel 4

Series 1 Episode 3, he makes three lots in olive oil, butter and goose fat, his tip with the potato masher really works well.

Oh and do them in goose fat, £1.99 from Asda

dpb

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Image.../80/003380.jpg

sti-04!!

Got goose fat last night. So can i not cook in advance & reheat or will that ruin them ?

sti-04!!

Tried them before & didnt like them ........ ps thats cheating

PaulC72

simples.

gallois

now i used to par-boil, but one day i forgot to do roasties and just stuck some of our fully boiled spuds in, and loved em, really soft and white, i do em like that all the time now. try it.

as for reheating roasties, i sometimes have a spare dinner the next day, and they still taste good to me. but better staight after their cooked

Lee247

loadsanumbers here

Noooooooooooooooo, you must cook them on the day you want to eat. Never before and re heat, they will go all soggy

gallois

noooooo aunt bessies are an insult to the potato.

GlesgaKiss

You probably could... or even just part cook them and finish them off. But either way, goose fat FTW!! Has to be the best way of doing them.

StickyMicky

My local Asda "roast to go" counter sometimes does these, although they are pretty crap.

Home cooked ones always seam to be the best, the missus does some nice ones, but i have no clue how she does it

sti-04!!

Hi loadsa

I will have a trial run later then just to make sure that they are ok. I plan on sprinkling thyme on them halfway through. What do you reckon ?

StickyMicky

i reckon you should send some down here

sti-04!!

They'll be cold by the time you get them

StickyMicky

Don`t care

Spoon

The kitchen doesn't belong to me so I can't help.

I struggled with the new kettle, once I'd found it.

NotoriousREV

Everyone tells me I'm wrong on this but my spuds always turn out great (IMHO): peel and chop, soak in cold water for a while to leach some of the starch out. Dry, toss in olive oil (the spuds, not you), season with sea salt, cracked black pepper and mixed herbs. Throw into a baking tray that's pre-heated with a thin layer of olive oil along with a couple of crushed garlic cloves. Leave them in for an hour at 200C, turning occasionally.

Spoon

Does the turning occasionally offer some kind of fun surprise when you turn back to look?

Chip

All of the above replies have omitted the most important thing about cooking roast potatoes.

That is the type of spud you use. You should use either Maris Piper or King Edward for the best roast spuds.

Par boil them for a few minutes , drain water into container and keep for gravy.
Shake spuds in pan to fluff up the outside. Put into preheated fat (preferably from the meat your cooking) ,baste then into a hot oven for about 45 mins. Perfect.

Chip

gallois

NotoriousREV

It hasn't so far, but you never know. Try to catch them out.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

How do you catch and skin a potato to roast in the first place? I heard they live underground, but thats as far as I know.
I'll ask the lad cutting the meat next time I'm at the Toby carvery, I'm sure he'll know

njkmrs

I dont tend to pre -boil mine .
I just put them in the tray the meat has been cooking in and use the juices to cover them ,maybe adding a bit of olive oil if there is not enough juices .

Turn them over occasionally to brown them up evenly .Scrumptious !!!!!!!!!!

james04

hang on ill ask my mum, thats her department.

WRX_Dazza

this "how to do roast spuds" thread is rivalling the "how to do an oil change" thread !! hahhahaha

some nice tips by the way...!!!