frozen HM roast potatoes

meritaten

I also freeze par-boiled potatoes to make roasties. When I have boiled and cooled them I spray them with oil then open freeze them on a tray. next day I bag them and can then take out the exact number I need - give them a little spray of cooking oil and they go in the oven.

she_who_can_not_cook

I do the same samewith my wedges they are a good thing to have as a OVEN FILLER something to cook with whatever i am doing

zippychick

I've merged this with our HM frozen roasties thread

our wedges thread may also help

Zip

peachyprice

Quick question about freezing roasties.

My oven element went last night just as I was about to put the roasties in. They'd been par boiled, seasoned and tossed in warm oil (not hot, that's how I knew something was wrong) I knew I read on here that they could be frozen so bunged them in a bag and chucked them in the freezer.

Just though I'd come here to make sure I read right, when low and behold, everyone has said about open freezing them on trays and bagging them the following day. So, the question is, have I broken them by missing out this step?

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Freeze them. How would you li8ke to be frozen!

In the Pirate Ship, them, Roasties, should there be any left over, and left on the side for a week and served with snorkers on Saturday morning.

cutestkids

peachyprice wrote: »

Quick question about freezing roasties.

My oven element went last night just as I was about to put the roasties in. They'd been par boiled, seasoned and tossed in warm oil (not hot, that's how I knew something was wrong) I knew I read on here that they could be frozen so bunged them in a bag and chucked them in the freezer.

Just though I'd come here to make sure I read right, when low and behold, everyone has said about open freezing them on trays and bagging them the following day. So, the question is, have I broken them by missing out this step?

Hi they tend to stick together if you put them straight in a bag thats why it is best to open freeze then bag up later.

If you are going to use them all at once I would defrost them and then very gently seperate them then carry on roasting as normal

peachyprice

Thank you, I gave them a bit of a shake this evening, they seem to be quite separated, hopefully they will be ok. However they come out is better than throwing them away I guess

melanzana

Hi all.

Made a batch of roasties And froze them about a month ago.

Took them out Sunday and without defrosting, put them in a tray of hot oil and a bit of butter.

I thought they would be lovely. They were edible, but they were soft and squidgy.

Any ideas where I went wrong when I first made them? Should I have defrosted before re roasting?

I par boiled the spuds, drained well, placed a tea towel over the pot to dry out further.

Placed them in a dish of hot oil and roasted in the oven until they just turned colour.

Drained the oil and cooled them down.

Am so disappointed.

calicocat

I don't know to be honest, I have made some this year, hope mine aren't a disappointment, and will have to try some now before I use them for people coming.

I can't see what you could have done wrong though...I wonder if it depends on the type of potato used.

peachyprice

I wasn't too enamoured when I tried it either, mine absorbed far too much oil when I re-roasted them.

But I only ended up freezing them because my oven packed up half way through cooking a roast, so it was still better than binning them.