how do i make perfect roast potatos ?

emmaBZ

just after tips on how to make great roasters..... any tips welcome as long as they are fluffy inside and crispy outside

kathyd_2

It's said you get the crispiest road potatoes using goose fat, but I don't use it.

Choose the right potatoes first. You don't want a waxy potato but a powdery potato which will give them a fluffy inside. I use Maris Piper or King Edward.

Par boil potatoes for about 10 mins. Pre-heat oven to about 180C. Put oil into a deep oven tray, rather than a flat one, and heat in oven. Drain potatoes into a colander. Shake the colander gently to slightly roughen up the surface of the potatoes - this will given them a lovely crispy texture. Place in the oven tray and spoon hot oil over each potato. Return to the oven and cook for about 40 mins or so until cooked and golden crispy. I like to baste my potatoes with the hot oil a couple of times during the roasting.

Edit: should be roast not 'road'

wurzelsar

We use the same method - it makes beautiful roast potatoes.

Be careful not to boil the spuds too much ( some break up ) otherwise, once you shake them to rough up the surface, they'll break apart.

Mo'_Money

I do pretty much the same, but after "roughing them up" in the saucepan, I sprinkle over about a tablespoon of flour. This really crisps them up lovely! I believe I got that from Delia Smith once - never looked back!

comping_cat

Heard Nigella on radio one the other day saying she always cooks hers in hot goose fat and after par boiling them, she dusts them with semolina!!!!
I cook mine like kathyd, but i use a higher heat (200C).

Gabriel-Ernest

We do the same as kathyd but we use hot beef dripping or lard, not oil, and cook them in a very high heat.

Snaggles

I heard the 'goose fat' thing too, but in a blind taste test on BBC the other day, the roast potatoes done in veg oil came out top by a long way. I only par boil for about 5 minutes, give them a good shake to roughen up, heat the oil first, then bung them in. They take about 50 minutes to an hour. Never tried dusting them with flour but might give that a go, cheers.

heatherw_01

How deep should the oil be? I never know how much to put in.

domestic_goddess

Aunt Bessie helps me with mine and they always turnout lovely:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

daymouse

My partner and i hate crispy potatoes and dont like using oil all greasy spuds eewwwwww!!! so we do the same but dont ruff them up and dont add oil just put them in dry this way they go like mini jacket spuds inside really moist yum

Then for during the week get new potatoes boil them for 6-7min drain tiny bit of butter melt over them, put on a tray then sprinkle rock salt and rosemary on top then rost for approx 20min

Very very nice!!!

Snaggles

I try and use as little oil as possible, just enough to coat the potatoes, with a bit extra to baste them with during cooking. They're nice done without oil too as daymouse says, but they just don't feel Christmassy somehow (and don't go down as well with hubby!). If I'm being healthy, I par boil them, and then just spray them with that spray oil stuff before I put them in the oven - they taste nice but you don't get the same crunch as you do with 'proper' roast potatoes.