Can anyone guide me to the frozen roast potato thread of last year?

[PaulaYatesbiggestfan]

I had such lovely roasties courtesy of mumsnet last year and with the greatest of ease on the day but cannot find the instructions...

anyone help me in my hour of need?

tia

or does anyone know how to do them

I remember that, but I still did them freash as freezer was full - ditto this year.

Buy packet of Tescos finest frozen roasties.

(or Aunt Bessies)

Store in freezer.

One hour before needed heat oven pan with the mearest dab of oil in.

Put said pots in said tin.

Pour yourself a glass of wine. (crucial timing this)

When crispy & brown serve.

Domestic Godess me...

(Sits back & waits for flaming from the Proper Wives out there)

I don't remember the thread but last year I parboiled the potatoes for about 5 mins. Drained and put back in saucepan on heat for a minute or so until all the water is gone. Then put lid on saucepan and shook hard until they go fluffy on edges, fling in a bit of semolina and shake again. Then heat tray with oil, goose fat or whatever. Add pots and cook for a moment coating in fat. Chuck in oven. Works fine with spraylight if you need low fat ones.

thankyou for advice - i just need so many i could do with pre making them so froze then last year - great success
cannot for the life of me remember what stage to freeze them..

thankyou for advice - i just need so many i could do with pre making them so froze then last year - great success
cannot for the life of me remember what stage to freeze them..

Freeze after you have par-boiled them and cooled them.

ChippolataMinton speaks very wise words

freeze them!?!?
really ?

tell me more....

Chippy - Do they taste any different - do you then cook from frozen or let them defrost for a while ????

hi lulu - sounds very organised doesn't it?

thta's it really lulu (what happened to camilla?)
Par-boil, give them a shake to roughen to edges and let them cool down. Spread out on baking trays and open freeze. Bag them up until you need them. Cook from frozen in hot fat (goose fat if you have it).

They taste fab. Even Jamie Oliver was suggesting it in his xmas cooking special. No messing with steamy pans on xmas morning.

umm, me thinks I be peeling spuds later

Not sure if this is the thread you mean but it's mentioned here

i thikn i will give that a go !

camilla was a little afraid to be around at xmas, just in case anyone mistook her for a small turkey !

hi wotz!

fantastic chipolataminton

you are my heroine pans on par boiling the 15lbs! first batch

15lbs

mine small amount are cooling - great idea

lulu you would have been eaten up for sure

How many are you feeding PYBF?

Its a great idea, because it saves the washing up too, pans and starch are just yuck!

only 7 me dh and 5 kids!