Cooking Roast Potatoes

[Welshchris]

Anyone here cook? lol

I have an electric Oven, what number does it need to be put on and how long to cook roast potatoes?

I use Maris Piper spuds and Cooking oil.

[Chris]

200˚C.

Put your spuds in cold water, watch for when they boil and time them boiling for 7 minutes.

Drain, return to the pan, add a generous glug of oil and a large handful of oregano.

Put the lid on, shake gently up and down and side to side about half a dozen times.

Tip the lot in a roasting tin and put it in the oven for about 45 minutes (if it's a fan oven) ... maybe a little longer if not. But you'll be able to tell when they're looking crispy anyway.

[Kymmy]

How long is a piece of string as it depends very much on which method you use.

I preboil (salted water) them until the outside goes a bit soft, drain the water and then shake in the dry pan to fluff up the outsides,.

Place on a hot tray then brush/drizzle with a bit of oil and some seasoning (I prefer olive oil though sunflower/veg will do and for the seasoning you can use a combination of salt/pepper, paprika, garlic powder or even herbs like rosemary..etc..

A trick from Jamie Oliver is half way through cooking grab a potato masher and gently press down on them.. you're not squashing them flat but instead breaking the skin surface at the sides to make them more crunchier..

As for temp/times I cook at 200C in my fan oven and it can take anything from 40-60 minutes depending on how crispy you want them and also how big/precooked they were to begin with..

Also try ROOSTERS potatoes for a change as they do roast nicely and tend to be more consistant than others though Maris piper (I grow my own) do nice as well

[DocDutch]

my trick... 15 mins boiling in salted water. throw them about in a cif so you rough them up a bit and straight into the oven for 45mins.

now it depends on what we are having with the roasties as to if I would just dump them in with the meat or roast them seperately.

temp around 180c for 60 mins or 200 for 45mins

[Rob]

what's wrong with Aunt Bessies - 30 mins at 220 deg - job done

[superbiatch]

Originally Posted by Rob

what's wrong with Aunt Bessies - 30 mins at 220 deg - job done

Yuck!

I like mine par boiled for 5-10 minutes in slightly salted water then bunged into a roasting tin with some sunflower oil drizzled over the top. Pop a chopped onion in the roasting tin too for flavour and put on 180 for almost an hour

[Chris]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

my trick... 15 mins boiling in salted water. throw them about in a cif

I prefer olive oil myself ...

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Chris

I prefer olive oil myself ...

Yeah but Cif gives a nice citrus tang to cut through the grease...

I tend to very gently parboil the potatoes then put them in a baking tray in the hot oven to dry out along with a similar tray of oil for roasting. Once the oil's nice and hot I pour it onto the spuds. This avoids the nasty spitting and splattering you get with drops of water in hot oil and means you don't have to faff around basting all the spuds with a spoon or whatever.

Oh and I often add some unpeeled cloves of garlic, rock/sea salt and possibly some sprigs of rosemary to the roasties as they're roasting. Yummy!

[DocDutch]

Originally Posted by Chris

I prefer olive oil myself ...

yeah yeah.......you knew what I ment.... bloody mods always soo picky on the poor Dutchman

[danielf]

I tells you: it's sour grapes because we're better at Football

[Kymmy]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

yeah yeah.......you knew what I ment.... bloody mods always soo picky on the poor Dutchman

I think you meant SIEVE

[joglynne]

Totally calorie laden but for a change try making Hedgehog Roast Potatoes. With slithers of garlic in the cuts they are utterly, mind blowingly gorgeous. Not quite as good looking as mine but here's a photo.

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Cut off a slice along the length of each raw potato to make one flat side. Make lots vertical cuts into the uncut side of each potato, almost to the base, you can rub on some garlic purée or push thin slithers of fresh garlic in the cuts.

Place the potatoes on a tray and drizzle with oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

As they have been sliced they don't take as long to cook as traditional roast potatoes so you only need to roast them for 30 - 35 minutes , until they are golden-brown and crispy. ( sorry I don't know the gas equivalent but I do mine at 180 degrees in my electric fan oven)

[Hom3r]

Get any goose fat roast spuds from any high street supermarket.

[Kymmy]

Not good when your partner is a veggie!!!

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

Not good when your partner is a veggie!!!

I'd hate to have a veggie partner as well!!!