Roasting bags - anyone else use them?

Lyndsay_21

i have used them too i used it for my turkey breast joint on boxing day and it came out fab lovely and moist.... i got mine from sainsburys 99p for 10 i think.

V.Lucky

They sound good. Can anyone tell me if you can do medium/rare meat in them (not chicken obviously lol) or does it all have to be well done.

edited to correct spelling mistake lol

MrsTinks

Well I'm sure you COULD do medium/rare, but I have never personally tried it
It's PERFECT for those things you might think of putting in say slow cooker but are either too big, will take too long or your SC is already in use lol

And if you like things to have bit of crisp (like the ducks I did for x-mas) then you just remove from the bags and whack under the grill for 10 minutes at a fairly high setting... super tender meat AND crispy skin

I'll have to have a look out for the bacofoil ones (in fact the size I want is between that and the standard one you get in tesco... so large but not XL Means I can fit a large chicken in it easily

And no I don't think they can be re-used....

Dazzieboo

jellyang wrote:

I have bought them for OH in the past from Lakeland.They have different flavours.I did see some plain ones the other day, so I guess you could add your own ingredients. However they are quite expensive so its a treat rather than the norm.

That is unless anyone can tell us different ??

Lakeland's roasting bags are a little bit more expensive than the supermarket ones, but they are so much stronger and can be reused quite a few times http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/!1422_1426_1433 they are not flavoured in any way though In the summer they do smoke bags, which are different, these are flavoured and give different smokey tastes to meat and fish, in my opinion, these are on the expensive side and there are cheaper alternatives which are just as good.

Queenie

I bought up a whole load of roasting bags last January for a ridiculous price and I've used them to roast large joints and poultry. The one's I have can't be reused, but, I do confess to having frozen a large joint in one and then *reused* the same bag for roasting it in.

Used them over Christmas to cook the turkey and the beef (seperate bags) and my friends were well impressed; good job I took a couple of packs so they can use them as/when they want to

Mine are quite large.

charlies_mum

At Christmas I bought some roasting bags from Aldi, and cooked the turkey in one. It said to put some flour in the bag, and shake the meat until it is coated, which I did

When I cooked the turkey, the bag turned brittle and disintegrated all over the turkey.

Is this supposed to happen, did I put too much flour in the bag, any ideas ?

natbags

The same thing happened to me - with the same bags
I usually buy the roasting bags from lakeland which are great and stay in tact however the Aldi ones (large enough for a turkey) were a disaster. I don't think you did anything wrong, I think it is just a question of the quality
HTH

charlies_mum

Thanks, now I know it's not me, I think I will write to the manufacturers to see what they say.

sunshine6650

thank you for this, i bought some after seeing them on come dine with me! havent used them yet, dont think i will!

lolarentt

If they went brittle and disintegrated then it means the oven temperature was too hot for whatever Aldi bags are made from. Does the pack specify which plastic they've used? Does it give a recommended maximum temperature? There are various transparent heat resistant films and laminated films which could be used, and some have a much higher working temperature than others.

I remember many years ago, there was a transparent oven cooking film called
LOOK, which was made from polyester film. One year by mistake the makers put the wrong oven temperature on their packs with turkey cooking times, much too high for the film's maximum working temperature! After Christmas you can imagine there was an outcry from all the families whose turkey had been covered in softened, and then hardened and embrittled film pieces