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Crispy roast potatoes

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  • Kitchenbunny
    Kitchenbunny Posts: 2,085 Forumite
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    I use whatever oil I've got in the cupboard, but I do save bits of bacon fat just for a special occasion like roasties. Mmm, gives them a lovely salty tang. For crispiness though, a high heat and lots of roughing them about in a colander before being dashed into hot hot oil, and I find lots of moving them about so all sides get a chance to be crunchy. :)

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  • MrsRogers
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    Duck fat is also excellent :T
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  • Beckyy
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    How did they go, OP? :)
  • angchris
    angchris Posts: 1,179 Forumite
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    I always toss my spuds in cornmeal/Polenta (same stuff) as I am chuffing up the par boiled spuds I sprinkle it over so it is well distributed then throw them in burning hot oil in roasting tin. They come out absolutely Devine every time
    proper prior planning prevents p!$$ poor performance! :p
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  • Rossy2692
    Rossy2692 Posts: 592 Forumite
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    Beckyy wrote: »
    How did they go, OP? :)

    Well after you had all replied i just checked one last time in fridge and found some beef dripping lurking in a draw so used that, scared me abit about what people were saying about Flora cuisine :( wont be using that in future! :) Roasties were beaut! Par boiled, air dried, tsp flour, roughed up, onion granuels, garlic granuals and in the oven! Y-u-m-m-y!!
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  • melanzana
    melanzana Posts: 3,953 Forumite
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    I cannot get beef dripping anywhere. Am in Southern Ireland. All I can see Is a block of vegetable fat for pastry and the like.

    I think it was banned after mad cow disease or something like that.

    Can you still get it easily in Uk?

    If anyone is reading where I am, can they point me to where I might get beef dripping?

    I know I could render down beef fat. But life's too short!
  • Rossy2692
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    Morrisons is where i bought it from :)
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  • melanzana
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    Rossy2692 wrote: »
    Morrisons is where i bought it from :)

    Don't have a Morrissons here though!

    When we were kids and money was tight, we used to have bread slathered in dripping.

    Sounds awful, but Food of the gods. Honest!
  • Olive_Oyl
    Olive_Oyl Posts: 198 Forumite
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    Ok the best roast potatoes( ( use red skinned ) are par boiled for 10/ 12 minutes or until you can stick a knife into the potato but its still firm but not hard . Drain in a colander and toss to roughen the edges then coat in a good dusting of flour .

    Cook in hot lard . Perfect . :)
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  • krlyr
    krlyr Posts: 5,993 Forumite
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    I always use vegetable or sunflower oil just because it's always in the cupboard. Not overly huge on the flavour of olive oil, I use a mild flavoured one for HM wedges etc. but never thought of using it for roasties. I just do a shallow amount of vegetable oil and tend to use the Fry Light spray to cover them on top (Fry Light having been refilled with vegetable oil many a time rather than spending a fortune buying diluted oil!). Always nice and crisp with a good flavour IMO.
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