vegetables in the oven

[Othersideofthechannel]

Other than roast, what are your favourite ways for cooking veg in the oven?

Anyone got any ideas for something that will go well with fish pie? I would normally serve steamed veg but am catering for 12 but pans are going to be an issue and I would rather avoid anything last minute and timing critical.

how about ratatouille?

normally top of the oven but surely could be cooked in the oven?

Well, I do love roasted veg, but I mix it up a bit with some tumeric. I usually use courgettes, mushrooms, carrot, onion and tomatoes.

Baby carrots are lovely roasted in the oven, as is asparagus. You could even do both but the carrots would need longer.

Chop up 3 leeks and 1 bulb of fennel.

Lay out in a shallow dish, pour on 250 ml of double cream, 250 ml of milk. Add nutmeg and pepper.

Bung in oven with your roasting joint about 1 hour before you need to serve it - stir occassionally and add more milk if it gets dry. When getting fairly soft grate cheddar cheese on top and put back in to brown off.

Take out of oven and serve immediatley alongside Sunday Roasts straight out of the dish it was cooked in.

Can't imagine anything other than peas with fish pie.

Thanks, that leek dish sounds lovely.
Any more?

I've "steamed" things like carrots and beetroot in the oven in foil parcels. Add a knob of butter and a sprinkle of water and seal the double layer parcels up tightly. Stick in oven for an hour.

HI Otherside! Haven't 'seen' you for ages -- you still HTTSKWL-ing? It's working more for me now than when he was younger.

Anyway, I don't think this will go with fish pie, but I love roasted veg with olive oil & basalmic vinegar, roast for 45 mins, then add feta cheese. I do this either with a mediterreanean theme: courgettes, aubergines, mushrooms, red onions, potatoes (par boil first), bell peppers, cherry tomatoes (add at same time as feta, only final 20 mins), or a sort of 'orange/ yellow' theme: sweet potatoes, potatoes, baby corn, onion, leek, carrots, butter beans. Add herbs & seasoning as you wish. Very nice in pita bread the next day too.

For your fish pie, I think I would do a nice crisp salad (with home-made vinnagrette) and peas, poss the leek dish just mentioned?

Good luck with your dinner party.

I also like Papas Bravas - its not entirely vegetables but is a nice spicy dish to have with something bland like steamed fish (or poached egss) and steamed spinach.

Good as a dish for outdoor dining in the summer with salads. Can be eaten hot or cold oon the day or as reheated hashed up leftovers out of the freezer.

Very simple this one.

Switch the oven on and get really hot while you are preparing this one about 250 celsius.

Cube some Maris Piper potato about 1 - 2 cm cubes will do. Blanch them in boiling water for a few minutes but do not make them soft.

While the potato is blanching cube up some chorizo sausage. Very small pieces about as big as finger nail.

Take the spuds out and drain thoroughly and mix in the chorizo.

Dump the whole lot in a flat dish with a bit of olive oil sprinkled over and shove in the oven. Cook until the potato is nicely brown and crispy. Do not put too much olive oil on as the chorizo has a lot of oil in that will render out. Turn the spuds over about half way through with a spatula.

Portofino, that sounds ideal.

Hi Oregonian, I do something similar and it's delicious, but like you say, it probably would go very well with fish pie.

HTTSKWL is working here too, although it's hard to keep it up constantly!

I adore oven roasted onions - you need to peel some very small onions (red ones are lovely, or oignons doux), toss them in Balsamic vinegar and a little salt and thyme, and roast them at 180° until very sweet and tender.