Sunday Lunch - What’s Missing?

[HostieForARoastie]

I’ve for 6 coming for Sunday lunch. No vegetarians. Doing roast chicken as I know I cook a blinding one. Broccoli is delicious but has no place on a roast IMHO, however one of my guests has a weakness for it with chicken so, absolutely, I’m serving it. Same with Yorkshires - I’m not a fan but I know others are, so Yorkies it is. Two types of potatoes because we are Irish and it’s the Irish Law.

To be clear, all of the below is being served and will be (to use the MN term) ‘cooked from scratch’. What I’m looking for is: Anything Missing?

Roast chicken (with lemon rind, thyme, pancetta mixed with butter and stuffed under the skin)
Pigs in blankets
Stuffing (chestnut based)
Cauliflower cheese
Red cabbage
Roasted carrots (& boiled carrots in case they become blacker than my soul)
Roasted parsnips
Roast potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Yorkshires
Runner beans
Broccoli
Peas (and maybe sprouts)
Gravy
Bread sauce (maaaaaaybe)

Pudding will be a Blackberry Pavlova with all the creams / ice creams etc.

I want my guests to be more than replete at the end; I want them reminiscent of a landed, red cheeked and rounded bodied Georgian countryman tasting the bounty of his green and pleasant fields, whose breaches burst as as he reaches for the port. Human and modern day Toby Jugs if you like. To speak of this meal in tones of awe and glory (I’ll be giving them enough booze to ensure this) and to have enough left over to feed us for an evening of picking days.

What have I forgotten?

Dijon mustard
redcurrent jelly
sweet corn (frozen)
another chicken
sounds delicious

Me!

You've forgotten to invite me.

Just kidding,sounds absolutely delicious. Can't think of anything else. That's a lot of veg though,so maybe don't do loads unless you're happy to use em up in a soup.

I'd add a pork based stuffing too. Don't have to stuff the bird with it just bung it in the oven. And I'd swap the cauli cheese for brocolli cheese.

Extra roast potatoes.

Varying and all condiments a given. Apologies, should have been clear on that. Thank you for reminder to check quantities / for mould.

Already doing 2 birds (so to speak…)

Sweetcorn is delicious but not on a roast. <gavel>

Bring a chair and a bottle!

Post prandial soup making a good shout.

I have a surplus of cooking apples at the moment so did a vat of apple sauce with our last roast chicken. Went down very well if non-traditional.

Many potatoes will be peeled and roasted. Many.

No to the broccoli cheese though. Cauliflower have my cheesy heart.

I'd swap the peas for Savoy cabbage because I love it 😋 also I'd have mint sauce. But I have it on all my roasts.

Why do I open these threads when I’ve been dieting for ages ! Sounds amazing my next will be Christmas if my will holds out because I already resemble a Georgian country gentleman.

Sounds amazing as it is! Stuffing always goes well with chicken would be my only suggestion.
Must say following a previous suggestion, if I came for a roast and there was sweetcorn on it, I’d assume you were some sort of psychopath.

No peas.

Definitely not sweetcorn!

I would add buttery peppery mashed swede and carrot plus some dark leafy greens (because they are my favourites).

@Lovehearts82 GOOD SHOUT on the savoy! Will do that instead of peas and sprouts. Most excellent suggestion. Braised in more butter!

Bonus points if you fry off the savoy cabbage with bacon lardons 😋

Yes to mashed swede.

Not sure you need broccoli, peas and beans though!

Noo, peas as well please

Creamy leeks!
I mean you don’t need anything else really. But I love them with chicken ❤️ any excuse for buttery, double cream laden sides

@Doormatnomore give in to the autumnal feasting! Ploughing the fields of a Georgian squire (or filling the coffers of modern day capitalists) deserves rewards!

This made me laugh because I approach cooking roasts in much the same way.
I’m also a broccoli on a roast person, but I’d go green beans over runner beans. And yes to the savoy.
Cranberry sauce for the chicken if you can get it, or, rogue, but Ikea lingonberry jam is excellent with a chicken roast

@1992H amen to that

Right so…

No to sweetcorn
Yes to greens (thinking Cavelo Nero actually in butter and lardons)
No to carrot and swede mash (don’t want to mash / 3 types of carrot. Am not a rabbit and have none attending).
Yes to peas (as easy / No thinking required but will be petit pois. Am not a savage!)
Not sure on creamy leaks. Better with pork.

Sounds absolutely perfect. My only additions are mashed swede (or swede and carrot), braised red cabbage and suet pudding.

@LateMumma red cabbage already on the list

I always have apple sauce with chicken, it's delicious.