You’re probably not going to see this, but my family took its first trip to the UK this year and the thing that we loved the best was roast potatoes, and cheese toasties. Now, we have not been able to re-create these here at home but this video is going to help me do that for my family so thank you so much.
I make a version of these potatoes. I leave the skins on, scrub them well, cut off any spots, and then cut them into smaller pieces. Season with oil (bacon grease if available), salt pepper rosemary and thyme. Then I roast them at 425 degrees just until tender. They always come out wonderful. Years ago my husband made them in a similar manner without pre-cooking them and they turned out well. We’ve been making them this way for years.
Been cooking roasties a long time, but as a Brit living in the States for 6 years, have to admit I needed a refresher, actually picked up a few tips here, or slight variations on how I do mine. What a woman. Cheers
Great video. I completely understand why you recommend keeping them all the same size, but at home I do like to throw in some smaller offcuts alongside the full size potatoes. not only does this reduce waste but I actually think it is nice to have some crispy bits and pieces.
I'm putting my hand up to show you that I plan to make these! I've lived in England in quite a while this reminded me how good and tasty the potatoes are at the pubs.
I stumbled across a great roastie technique by pure accident that i deemed the butter absorption technique. Once they are through the boiling stage, pour melted salted butter over them and let them sit for a few hours. Thr butter permeates through the entire potato. Then i cook them in lard or beef dripping (or chicken/duck/goose fat if doing a bird) Lower heat and longer cook time leads to a thicker more glass like shell. Higher heat will crisp fast but give a thinner shell. End result is super crispy and tastes like buttery mash potato on the inside. Thank me later!
@@Oughut88haha and here I was thinking I was the OG. Clearly Michael Caine is a very wise man, or like me accidentally left his boiled potatoes sitting in butter 😅
Mom was a Quigley from Illinois and dad was a Ryan from Dubuque. We couldn't have dinner without bread and potatoes, cooked in all manner of ways. There were so many of us that boiled parsley potatoes were the usual go to. There would be a fight for roast potatoes on the special occasion. Though we all willingly pitched in on the peeling. Lol
I followed your advice as closely as I could. The roast potatoes were fantastic ! I was so delighted. Outside was crisp and inside was soft and fluffy. I cut the sides as you suggested, added the garlic and the herbs etc…Thanks so much for the video. Made my Christmas dinner amazing!
The BEST roasted potato I ever tasted , I enjoyed a a Greek restaurant in London in 1986! I am STILLl thinking about those potatoes. This looks like it will be delicious! Thank you!
Bloody amazing , living in the states ,from Bristol UK, my mother taught my American born wife how to make a great Sunday roast,, now I will try your garlic and herbs ,Thank you..
Great video Elizabeth. I've learned loads from it both cutting and cooking [despite having been cooking roasties for years which have always been pretty spot on]. I converted to olive oil recently and discovered roasties take loads longer because the temperature of the fat is too low and it loses the crunch. Back to good old fashioned beef dripping for me in future. Thanks for a really great tutorial.
Nice recipe. Fun fact: Over here in the Netherlands everybody thinks we're a real potato country but...... it's nearly impossible to buy them by race. They're simply called how they cook; tough or fluffy and the taste is far away. Best tasting potatoes I had was in Portugal. Those spuds look delicious!
Years ago it was done by variety. There were a lot of them Hoever for the average Dutch person that was too compitcated and so they had to simplify it In earlier days we had greengrocers and they lots of varieties of any kind. Dutch people honestly I kind of stupid. You can hardly find big cuts of meat because everything is s thinly sliced. It s maddening. In the US where I lived for a long time the beef is the best. Dutch beef is garbage
@@gracepursey2166 just checked Amazon.ca and found a $19 jar of ‘Bespoke foods Goose fat’ 295g. Surely your local deli or some butchers can help you find cheaper supply lines. Any goose farmers near you?
Thank you for pointing out how much a better choice either Duck fat/goose fat/tallow is than olive oil. My last attempt at roast potatoes was disappointing. I’m going to give it another try this weekend for a Friendsgiving Feast!
Yes sis!!! I am definitely going to try these for Christmas dinner with a prime rib roast. Thank you for your techniques and your gentle way of taking care of roasted potatoes properly. Happy Holidays!
Thank you so much!!! I need to make a potato dish for Christmas dinner. I was at a loss as to what to make. Your roasted potatoes will be the perfect accompaniment to the rest of the meal! I’m thrilled to have found your TH-cam channel! I’m looking forward to learning how to make a lot more delicious dishes! Thanks again!!
Darling, your mama thought you well, and your husband is a lucky man. When we went to England, my uncle's daughter cooked us a British meal of roasted potatoes in duck fat, it was so good. I am going to try your recipe out.
Love it Elizabeth, love how you "manipulated and caressed" the potatoes. Beautiful. Don't eat lard or duck fat, but will use Sunflower oil. Way to go girl. Final product looks delicious 😊
This cooking lesson was full of frown delivered advice. Made me recall those crushing years of culinary school and misc kitchen jobs. There were a few posts that resonated. Thanks everyone. Happy holidays! 🙂
Thank you Chef. That was easily the best video I have ever watched on how to cook roast potatoes.💖 It was those special tips which made the difference for me . Which type of spud to use. How to cut them. The fact that you have to start with cold water. How to tell when they are perfectly parboiled. Heating up the pan and the oil first. etc. Nuggets of gold - both the tips and the potatoes 😄🎄 Hope you have an awesome Christmas with your family. 🇨🇦
Just recently have started to roast potatoes this style. Trial and error and they're not quite right. Following your methods and I'm having better success.Fortunately, the Russet, grown here in Alaska, U.S., is very flavorful.Thankyou for you're informative and funny presentation.
Ah, King Edward potatoes! No longer in UK and I miss the variety of “spuds”! My mouth waters at the sight of those roast potatoes and, yes, they are the star of the meal. 👏👏👏
It looks like a really nice dish worth giving it a try; I'll have my son look at your video and convince him to cook it; thanks for the recipe! Happy Holidays from Texas, USA.
Hey there, I’m new to your channel and I love it!! Thank you for sharing this potato roasting. I’ve always roasted potatoes raw and let them cook in the oven, till done. 💕🙏🙏
Crunchie and crisp on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside, a little bit like your hubby? Ha ha haaaaaaaaaa Am sure he laughs his head off when he sees this video. Love your recipe by the way. Watching it from Red Hills, St Andrew, Jamaica W.I. Wishing a very pleasant evening for you and your family. CHEERS!!!
I Just discovered your channel. I’ve never seen a potato 🥔 recipe like this one. Looks pretty good. I was looking for a good recipe for potatoes 🥔. Looks like I most likely will add this to our Christmas Dinner 🍽️👩🍳👌🏻
Roast Potatoes are a Delicacy. I love going to eat a late night supper where they bake and Stir Fry the Mini Potatoes with Bacon cut into square chunks and Stir Fry them until both are crispy. Then they put strips of shredded cheese on Top with Sour Cream and You have a very Tasty late night meal that's so satisfying and better than any meat or any main course meal. And to Top it off, You eat it with a Nice Beer🍺 or Alcoholic Cider.
Here in the US , baked potatoes or potato " skins " (which is really baked potato slices ) w/ " all the fixin's " of butter , sour cream and/ or shredded cheddar cheese + bacon bits , is often a meal . If really hungry , add a grilled ribeye steak ! 😋
Will try these with Prime Rib instead of baked potatoes and will use russets.... We buy Eva potatoes just like those and can them...great all purpose taters! Grow your own. Cut off eyes and plant 6inches mounding each row spaced 6inches apart. Sweet potaties yams are super easy. Just cut 1 or more in half lenghtwise and you can plant or put them in a cardboard box filled with soil. Each shoot/slip will be a potato.... Plant after last frost 6 inches apart. 85-120 days you will have alot.... Happy Christmas over the Pond!🎉❤ 2:45
I am in Tokyo at the moment. Tomorrow I am doing a Christmas dinner for our deceased mother's 90-year-old friends. I do it every year and they love roast potatoes. This year it is a starter of mushroom soup with garlic bread croutons, followed by a chicken which I have soaked in a flavoured brine, complimented with Yorkshire pudding with slices of my homemade sausage and onion gravy, french beans, carrots, my special creamed mash potato and roasts. My problem is this: I cannot get decent potatoes in Tokyo, they just are not roasting material! I try my best, our mother, before she died, and her friends love what I do but I just cannot get a solid King Edwards and it is so frustrating. After the main course, I have made a Christmas cake soaked with Grand Marnier and to follow my homemade seeded puffy crackers ( Cornish wafer style) to go with a fat lump of Normandy brie we brought out from England two weeks ago. I am a 67-year-old Cockney who loves cooking. These Japanese elders love eating but it has to be good. The youngest is 88 and the oldest is 93. They all work, they all live life to the full. When I said I would organise a cab for the 93-year-old because she lives a mile away she told me: "Don't waste your money, I will come on my bicycle like I always do." I will try my best to produce the finest dinner possible for them but what I would give for a couple of pounds of King Edwards!
You can absolutely use olive oil if you know what your doing, to help you out; EVOO has a smoke point of around 165-190°C, which is lower than other oils like duck fat (190°C) and rice bran oil (260°C). When oil is heated past its smoke point, it breaks down and releases free radicals and acrolein, which can make food taste bitter and burned...SOLUTION, mix with other oils or just stay under breakdown temp.
You’re probably not going to see this, but my family took its first trip to the UK this year and the thing that we loved the best was roast potatoes, and cheese toasties. Now, we have not been able to re-create these here at home but this video is going to help me do that for my family so thank you so much.
Where do you live when at 'home'? What are cheese toasties?
Are you half Chinese Betty? You look it
You worked in Michelin kitchens or Whetherspoon microwave kitchens?
@@wendyfay16grilled cheese sandwiches
I make a version of these potatoes. I leave the skins on, scrub them well, cut off any spots, and then cut them into smaller pieces. Season with oil (bacon grease if available), salt pepper rosemary and thyme. Then I roast them at 425 degrees just until tender. They always come out wonderful. Years ago my husband made them in a similar manner without pre-cooking them and they turned out well. We’ve been making them this way for years.
How much time in the oven
@@Nozarks1 30 min would be enough
@@blmi5591 thanks.
Been cooking roasties a long time, but as a Brit living in the States for 6 years, have to admit I needed a refresher, actually picked up a few tips here, or slight variations on how I do mine. What a woman. Cheers
My dad’s mother was from London and always recommended par-boiling potatoes before roasting. This video is next level!
I'm 69yrs old....never too late to learn new tricks....will definitely try... these potatoes look fabulous! 😊 From Johannesburg South Africa.
The first Christmas I spent with my first British girlfriend she made these and I was blown away. Now I make them every year.
my wife makes me make them every weekend in the colder months haha
Great video. I completely understand why you recommend keeping them all the same size, but at home I do like to throw in some smaller offcuts alongside the full size potatoes. not only does this reduce waste but I actually think it is nice to have some crispy bits and pieces.
like those small crispy fries in your burger platter :)
I thought the very same thing as you when she plopped them aside on a plate. I thought, hey, put those in there!
i agree!
The cooking process has to even 😊
All goes in. My people don’t believe in scraps.
I'm putting my hand up to show you that I plan to make these! I've lived in England in quite a while this reminded me how good and tasty the potatoes are at the pubs.
do it!
Thank you. There’s nothing better than a good roast potato.
Better than French fries! A simple and delicious baked potato recipe. th-cam.com/video/N692HruRulQ/w-d-xo.html
I’ve been trying for years to recreate my husband’s mum’s roast potatoes! Thanks so much.
Yum . . . I swear I could smell that roasted goodness all the way over here in the States.
Lol, I think I could get a fantastic aroma in Canada as well ❤😊
I stumbled across a great roastie technique by pure accident that i deemed the butter absorption technique.
Once they are through the boiling stage, pour melted salted butter over them and let them sit for a few hours. Thr butter permeates through the entire potato. Then i cook them in lard or beef dripping (or chicken/duck/goose fat if doing a bird)
Lower heat and longer cook time leads to a thicker more glass like shell. Higher heat will crisp fast but give a thinner shell.
End result is super crispy and tastes like buttery mash potato on the inside.
Thank me later!
Michael Caine uses your method!
@@Oughut88haha and here I was thinking I was the OG. Clearly Michael Caine is a very wise man, or like me accidentally left his boiled potatoes sitting in butter 😅
Like fondant potatoes.
They are delicious! Can’t beat a roastie
The potato are the New Worlds gift to the world. Such an amazingly adaptable little tuber!
Potatoes are like beer, ain't no bad ones just better.
I grew up on an acreage in middle Iowa USA, and my mom, an Irish gal, made these all my childhood. Im now 66 yr old. Yummy potatoes
Mom was a Quigley from Illinois and dad was a Ryan from Dubuque. We couldn't have dinner without bread and potatoes, cooked in all manner of ways. There were so many of us that boiled parsley potatoes were the usual go to. There would be a fight for roast potatoes on the special occasion. Though we all willingly pitched in on the peeling. Lol
We had roast potatoes every Sunday, with our dinners and sometimes during the week, they’re so good.
I followed your advice as closely as I could. The roast potatoes were fantastic ! I was so delighted. Outside was crisp and inside was soft and fluffy. I cut the sides as you suggested, added the garlic and the herbs etc…Thanks so much for the video. Made my Christmas dinner amazing!
Awesome 👏🏻 just awesome 🙂 Merry Christmas
what a beautiful kitchen! just looking at it brings warmth and comfort. nothing looks like a studio prop. love the back yard garden!
Those potatoes look wonderful. (And, please, Santa, I want one of those see-through pots!)
I want a glass pot
@@cheryljune1603 Vision glass pots use to be $35. They are now about $85 for one.
The BEST roasted potato I ever tasted , I enjoyed a a Greek restaurant in London in 1986! I am STILLl thinking about those potatoes. This looks like it will be delicious! Thank you!
1:31 "What you want is something crunchie and crisp on the outside. And soft and fluffy on the inside. A little bit like my husband." 😂
😂😂😂😂
Bloody amazing , living in the states ,from Bristol UK, my mother taught my American born wife how to make a great Sunday roast,, now I will try your garlic and herbs ,Thank you..
Made these for Xmas dinner and it was the star of the show, so good! I followed all her steps and came out with the best roast potatoes I’ve ever made
@@nehat9377 aww amazing to hear that, so glad you gave it a go and had a good meal. Cheers for sharing
@@AuntieLiz❤❤❤
Great video Elizabeth. I've learned loads from it both cutting and cooking [despite having been cooking roasties for years which have always been pretty spot on]. I converted to olive oil recently and discovered roasties take loads longer because the temperature of the fat is too low and it loses the crunch. Back to good old fashioned beef dripping for me in future. Thanks for a really great tutorial.
My pleasure glad it helped and thanks for taking the time to comment and share your insights. Cheers and have a good festive season!
So true. NOTHING like really well done roast potatoes. I've got to try this recipe.
Aunty Liz & roast potato's ....Heaven !
Oh WOW!!! these are amazing Potatoes I will make these for my Christmas Dinner for sure. I can't wait. Thank you so much for this Beautiful recipe...
You are so welcome!
Nice recipe.
Fun fact: Over here in the Netherlands everybody thinks we're a real potato country but...... it's nearly impossible to buy them by race. They're simply called how they cook; tough or fluffy and the taste is far away. Best tasting potatoes I had was in Portugal.
Those spuds look delicious!
Years ago it was done by variety. There were a lot of them Hoever for the average Dutch person that was too compitcated and so they had to simplify it In earlier days we had greengrocers and they lots of varieties of any kind. Dutch people honestly I kind of stupid. You can hardly find big cuts of meat because everything is s thinly sliced. It s maddening. In the US where I lived for a long time the beef is the best. Dutch beef is garbage
She chat Too much 😭😭
You are a very good teacher! Thank you for your video.
Liz, they look delicious and definitely going to give them a try. The garlic idea is genius! ❤
I loved this demo. I’ve always wondered why my potatoes didn’t turn out. Can’t wait to try this recipe and taste that golden crispy dish. Thank you.
They look lush, I hadn't seen the tip about the cutting before. I do like to add some butter after the boil, but your tips are great, thanks:)
Excellent details on best roasted potatoes. Saving my beef dripping for future potatoes
Thanks much! I've a dinner coming up soon so the timing of this video is impeccable.
What a brilliant idea. Easy to make, tasty, and a crowd pleaser.
It really is!
WHERE DO I PURCHASE THIS “fat”?
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I only have bacon fat..
Please advise.
@@gracepursey2166 just checked Amazon.ca and found a $19 jar of ‘Bespoke foods Goose fat’ 295g. Surely your local deli or some butchers can help you find cheaper supply lines. Any goose farmers near you?
Happy to come across your channel! Your cooking demonstration is a pleasure to watch, and I can’t wait to make these roasted potatoes. Thank you!
Thank you for pointing out how much a better choice either Duck fat/goose fat/tallow is than olive oil. My last attempt at roast potatoes was disappointing. I’m going to give it another try this weekend for a Friendsgiving Feast!
fat mean flavour.
Beef Tallow is fantastic as well.
WHERE do I go to get this “fat”.
All I have is bacon fat. 😳😳😳
@@gracepursey2166 Surely, you jest. You have the best.
We keep bacon fat (US style bacon, not the hammy Canadian or British bacon), and use a bit of that frying potatoes and a ton of other things.
Hello , thanks .. for sharing.. I'm ,; from England , windsor...and appreciate your sharing this recipe .
Chef! Those look delicious! I will use your recipe for perfect potatoes. Im hungry now! 😀
Absolutely fantastic Elizabeth, thank you.😄😄😄
Yes sis!!! I am definitely going to try these for Christmas dinner with a prime rib roast. Thank you for your techniques and your gentle way of taking care of roasted potatoes properly.
Happy Holidays!
Thank you so much!!!
I need to make a potato dish for Christmas dinner. I was at a loss as to what to make. Your roasted potatoes will be the perfect accompaniment to the rest of the meal!
I’m thrilled to have found your TH-cam channel! I’m looking forward to learning how to make a lot more delicious dishes!
Thanks again!!
The potatoes were the best I've ever made. Thanks Elizabeth!👍
Glad you like them!
They look so delicious,looking forward to trying this
Thank you 👍🏻
It’s a joy listening to you - a real breath of fresh air
I love your attitude! And I learned something. Can't wait for your next vid.
It was daylight when you started cooking and full dark when you finished. I know your family was happy with those potatoes. Thank you.
Lol
I love potatoes, but I've never made them like that before. I can't wait to try this!
Best video on roasting potatoes I've ever watched. Thanks so much. 🌟
😋 that looks so good Aunt Liz.
Like you said they look glorious. Thank you
They are! Thank you for watching
She’s been cooking for hours based on the darkness outside. Love her!❤
By 15.30 to 16.00 it can start to get dark in the UK and by 17.00 u see that!!
The "penetrate" call back killed me … thank you! Tasty spuds too!
Darling, your mama thought you well, and your husband is a lucky man. When we went to England, my uncle's daughter cooked us a British meal of roasted potatoes in duck fat, it was so good. I am going to try your recipe out.
The best roast potato instruction ever!
I loved the way you prepared these fabulous potatoes with so so much. Cooking with love is the best. Marie H
Love it Elizabeth, love how you "manipulated and caressed" the potatoes. Beautiful. Don't eat lard or duck fat, but will use Sunflower oil. Way to go girl. Final product looks delicious 😊
Thanks Ms Jackie 🙌🏻
I always cook my roast potatoes in Veg stock rather than just water, really adds to the flavour.
use the broth to coke rice or beans for soup whatever.
This is great ..my mum taught me to cook when I was 11-12..later catering college.. you know your onions.!
This cooking lesson was full of frown delivered advice. Made me recall those crushing years of culinary school and misc kitchen jobs. There were a few posts that resonated. Thanks everyone. Happy holidays! 🙂
Chef ! A joy listening to the video .. and the care with which you prepare the dish .
So nice of you, ta
Great video! Thanks for the tips.
Thank you Chef. That was easily the best video I have ever watched on how to cook roast potatoes.💖 It was those special tips which made the difference for me . Which type of spud to use. How to cut them. The fact that you have to start with cold water. How to tell when they are perfectly parboiled. Heating up the pan and the oil first. etc. Nuggets of gold - both the tips and the potatoes 😄🎄 Hope you have an awesome Christmas with your family. 🇨🇦
You are so welcome 🙏🏻
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Those potatoes are absolutely enticing. ThNks for the instructions.
I lovvve POTATOES 🥔 😋 THANK YOU for this recipe😊👍
Looks delicious
Looks like a great recipe to try! Thank you! ❤
I like the way this potato recipe came out. Can't wait to make it. Thank you.
I love these tips and the recipe
So glad!
Beautiful wonderful tasty Potato’s I have send your vedio to my Son bec. He is a great cook living living in Britain.
Just recently have started to roast potatoes this style. Trial and error and they're not quite right. Following your methods and I'm having better success.Fortunately, the Russet, grown here in Alaska, U.S., is very flavorful.Thankyou for you're informative and funny presentation.
You’re welcome x
Great video! I enjoyed the recipe and look forward to trying it. Well done, Chef!
Love these Potatoes! BTW: loved the episode with Nigel Ng watching Triple D and Guy Fieri ~ HILARIOUS!
Ah, King Edward potatoes! No longer in UK and I miss the variety of “spuds”! My mouth waters at the sight of those roast potatoes and, yes, they are the star of the meal.
👏👏👏
My goodness!These look so delicious, I am going to make them for Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow. Boston
Have fun!
Hi from Los Angeles, CA. Fabulous recipe! WOW! Will make them for my Christmas dinner for sure! Thank you.
Wonderful video. For a potato lover, nothing better.
Every year my sister and I travel to the UK and first thing is a proper roast and potato dinner on Sunday!
Looks delicious thanks for sharing
YUMMMMM ❤I WILL BE DOING THIS RECIPE ,THANKYOU ❤😊👍🇦🇺
It looks like a really nice dish worth giving it a try; I'll have my son look at your video and convince him to cook it; thanks for the recipe! Happy Holidays from Texas, USA.
Happy holidays!
And just when I thought I knew everything about roasting potatoes, I saw your channel! Thanks 😊
You’re welcome 😊
Hey there, I’m new to your channel and I love it!! Thank you for sharing this potato roasting. I’ve always roasted potatoes raw and let them cook in the oven, till done. 💕🙏🙏
Happy to help, enjoy many more roasties.
Crunchie and crisp on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside, a little bit like your hubby? Ha ha haaaaaaaaaa Am sure he laughs his head off when he sees this video. Love your recipe by the way. Watching it from Red Hills, St Andrew, Jamaica W.I. Wishing a very pleasant evening for you and your family. CHEERS!!!
God bless you! The perfect Roasties, glorious!
I Just discovered your channel. I’ve never seen a potato 🥔 recipe like this one. Looks pretty good. I was looking for a good recipe for potatoes 🥔. Looks like I most likely will add this to our Christmas Dinner 🍽️👩🍳👌🏻
Roast Potatoes are a Delicacy. I love going to eat a late night supper where they bake and Stir Fry the Mini Potatoes with Bacon cut into square chunks and Stir Fry them until both are crispy. Then they put strips of shredded cheese on Top with Sour Cream and You have a very Tasty late night meal that's so satisfying and better than any meat or any main course meal.
And to Top it off, You eat it with a Nice Beer🍺 or Alcoholic Cider.
Here in the US , baked potatoes or potato " skins " (which is really baked potato slices ) w/ " all the fixin's " of butter , sour cream and/ or shredded cheddar cheese + bacon bits , is often a meal . If really hungry , add a grilled ribeye steak ! 😋
Sounds great.
The Irish bit in my DNA has me drooling over this!
The recipe sounds lovely. I can smell the loveliness through the screen. Yum. BTW: I love the way you say Po- ta-toes.
Mouthwatering, classic garlic roasted potatoes ARE indeed the best thing in life! Happy Christmas!
Perfect for Christmas dinner 😋
Will try these with Prime Rib instead of baked potatoes and will use russets....
We buy Eva potatoes just like those and can them...great all purpose taters!
Grow your own. Cut off eyes and plant 6inches mounding each row spaced 6inches apart.
Sweet potaties yams are super easy. Just cut 1 or more in half lenghtwise and you can plant or put them in a cardboard box filled with soil.
Each shoot/slip will be a potato....
Plant after last frost 6 inches apart. 85-120 days you will have alot....
Happy Christmas over the Pond!🎉❤ 2:45
Thank you most informative looking forward to using your expertise. just as an added comment I always use some of the potato water to make the gravy
Perfect! Cooking these today for Christmas 2023! Any tips of reheating a top sirloin roast properly? Thanks.m
awesome video and lots of good info! thanks for sharing, i will be trying this recipe soon!
I am in Tokyo at the moment. Tomorrow I am doing a Christmas dinner for our deceased mother's 90-year-old friends. I do it every year and they love roast potatoes. This year it is a starter of mushroom soup with garlic bread croutons, followed by a chicken which I have soaked in a flavoured brine, complimented with Yorkshire pudding with slices of my homemade sausage and onion gravy, french beans, carrots, my special creamed mash potato and roasts.
My problem is this: I cannot get decent potatoes in Tokyo, they just are not roasting material! I try my best, our mother, before she died, and her friends love what I do but I just cannot get a solid King Edwards and it is so frustrating. After the main course, I have made a Christmas cake soaked with Grand Marnier and to follow my homemade seeded puffy crackers ( Cornish wafer style) to go with a fat lump of Normandy brie we brought out from England two weeks ago.
I am a 67-year-old Cockney who loves cooking. These Japanese elders love eating but it has to be good. The youngest is 88 and the oldest is 93. They all work, they all live life to the full. When I said I would organise a cab for the 93-year-old because she lives a mile away she told me: "Don't waste your money, I will come on my bicycle like I always do."
I will try my best to produce the finest dinner possible for them but what I would give for a couple of pounds of King Edwards!
Use parsnip equivalent if they aren’t natively used there. Any root vegetable really that is potato-like they might enjoy better the next day. 😂
A lovely video. Thank you for the tips.
Great video!
I love the way you say "potatoes" ❤ Love from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦
haha cheers
You can absolutely use olive oil if you know what your doing, to help you out;
EVOO has a smoke point of around 165-190°C, which is lower than other oils like duck fat (190°C) and rice bran oil (260°C). When oil is heated past its smoke point, it breaks down and releases free radicals and acrolein, which can make food taste bitter and burned...SOLUTION, mix with other oils or just stay under breakdown temp.
Thank you for the nice Video. Look's so Delicious mmmh 👍😋🎅
TY from the USA