How do you make your Christmas roast potatoes?

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I’ve always parboiled mine, then put them in with the meat and brush them with olive oil. I fancy jazzing them up a bit this year for Christmas dinner. So, tell me, how do you make yours?

groundnut oil is a good non-animal fat oil with a high smoking point.

Parboil
When done put them on a roasting tray with pre melted butter
Sprinkle/ spray the roasties with oil
Cover in veggie stock cube!

I just make them in the same way as I've done every Sunday for the last goodness knows how many years. Parboil, shake about in pan then decant into special roasting tray with preheated dripping. Just the same way as mum did them. Regrettably none of my family are keen on me fiddling about with my usual recipes and any attempt to do anything unusual would be greeted with 'what have you done to the roast potatoes !"

Hidebound, verily I tell thee.

To clarify the "special" roasting tray just means it cooks roasties particularly well and I don't wash it, just wipe it out so its well "seasoned" after 15 odd years of service

Parboil (start from cold water, bring to the boil and boil for just 1-2 mins), drain amd fluff up the edges. Cool completely then freeze.
When you want to cook them, heat oil (goose fat for Xmas day) until very hot, then add potatoes (straight from the freezer) and roast in a super hot oven (220).

I'll be par-boiling and freezing mine today.

Parboil and then chuck in a roasting dish with spit-sizzling goose fat! Add a bit of salt (and maybe a twist of garlic). Perfect for cold hangover breakfast too 😝

Parboiled, drain, sprinkle with semolina... shake to coat and fluff, add to hot oil and roast, semolina adds a crunchy topping.

It has to be Maris Piper here. We have experimented with other varieties and it's Maris Piper for roast potatoes for us.

My ideal oil would be organic beef dripping. However that's not available here right now so I am torn between supermarket animal fat and sunflower oil.

Thanks for sharing everyone!
You have given me lots of great ideas. Cooking in a dish of fat seems popular so I think I will do a trial run of that next Sunday and see how it goes 🤞

I just do traditional (parboil, shake in colander, roast in tray in goose fat or duck fat) but I saw that Mary Berry puts semolina on her parsnips and roast potatoes, like some posters here. I think I will give that a try. I agree that any experimenting should be done in advance as I think roast potatoes are among the most popular parts of Christmas dinner.