Roast parsnips! How do i do them?

[santasaltire]

Ok, so should probably be in food, but since it's Christmassy, i put it here. I can never get my roast parsnips to turn out right. I have tried roasting them full size, cut up, pre boiled, not pre boiled, and they never turn out right. i gave up last year and bought frozen ones. they are my favourite though, so would love some ideas on how to cook them properly.

what happens to them?

do they stick to the bottom of the roasting dish?

Most of the time they stick to the bottom of the dish, and go very mushy and break up. Other times they don't cook in the middle and stay pale.

I don't preboil but put plenty of oil (preheated) and do with the pots (separate form the meat).
approx 180C for about an hour. I use ceramic or glass dishes - always seem OK

I only turn once or they seem OK.

They are nicer if I preboil (about 3 min) but more liekly to fall apart.

A couple of years ago I tried Deliahs recipe for honey coating and dust in parmesan - they were yummy! cut small then usual and probably roasted for a shorter time

Dophus, do you usually cut them up, or do you just slice them down the middle. I use a glass roasting dish, and have doen them with the pots before and they have been fine but the parsnips stuck to the bottom and were mushy

Quarter them and take out the tough bit in the middle
The delia recipe is good
Par boil then drop whilst hot into flour and parmesan mix, then put in an oiled hot roasting pan
Can't remember exactly how long for but perhaps you could google for the exact recipe?
V yummy

Depends on how mig they are. medium sized ones I just cut in half (not lengways). The big huge onex normally in three (stubby end in half, the other bit in one). I guess I go for quite large chuncks and aviod too thin bits.

Thanks for your tips, i think i will try some this weekend to see how it goes!

I trhink the trick is the hot oil, coat them before you shut the oven door - oh and good luck!

Dophus - I'm with you on the "coat with honey and sprinkle with parmesan"

I could quite happily eat just a plate full of that and nothing else....worse result than brussell sprouts though .

I half them lengthways first then cook for an hour, turning just once....DELICIOUS !!!!!!!

Delia's Parmesan baked parsnips recipe

On that deila recipe she says to use groundnut oil or other flavourless oil. I can't use the groundnut as step PIL allergic to it, what else could i use?

Vegetable or sunflower oils are flavourless. HTH.