Share your Sunday Roast Rituals with Aunt Bessie's - chance to win £300 NOW CLOSED

[AnnMumsnet]

The team at Aunt Bessie's would love to know all about your Sunday Roast Rituals - what makes a roast dinner go down well in your house? What's the key tip, trick, ingredient or essential item which makes that meal particularly successful? Does your family always sit down at the table? Is Sunday the one day you always insist on everyone being home to eat? And what do you dish up for vegetarians or anyone with specific dietary needs? Do you have roast potatoes even when it's not a Sunday?

Aunt Bessie's say "Aunt Bessie’s recognises how difficult it is these days to get the family together - that’s why mealtimes, and particularly the Sunday Roast, are so important. We’re proud to announce that our Homestyle roast potatoes are Mumsnet Rated*, following testing by members of the site. So whether you whip them out for the Sunday Roast or use them to spice up a meal during the week, give Aunt Bessie’s roasties a try today and see how long you can keep the kids at the table!"

Add your ritual or tip for a great Sunday Roast below and you will be entered into a prize draw where one person will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck

MNHQ
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*234 Mumsnet testers tried Aunt Bessie's Homestyle frozen roast potatoes - March 2016. 80% would buy again and 85% would recommend them.

[Jocelynne123]

Parsnips have to be honey roast and make more than you think you will need. Everyone in the family gets to pick a vegetable so there is no arguing. That's how we end up with cold sweet corn with our roasts, my daughter loves it and will eat the other veg if she has sweet corn xx

[myboycraig]

Use meat juices as a stock for an extra tasty gravy

[WorkingClassHeroine]

Nurture your gravy and be super frugal at the same time:
I save all trimmings and peelings from the vegetable prep and make what my mum called 'green water' but is really just home made stock. I also add parsley stalks, a load of whole peppercorns, bayleaves, powdered onion/garlic (or both) and maybe a grate or three of nutmeg. Do this early, whilst the meat is cooking and resting.
Simmer gently until you're ready to use it to de-glaze the roasting tin. The veg scraps should have completely collapsed and leached their nutrients into the stock - you'll get the benefit of all the vitamins when having extra gravy... with a bit of bread to mop it up with of course

[ptak5566]

It doesn't matter what meat it is I have to do Yorkshire puddings!! My son always complains there is never enough. Good gravy is very important too ... full of flavour from meat n veg.

[baconbap]

make sure there are enough yorkshire puddings

[Butterfly1975]

DH is the Christmas chef in our house and has the roast dinner down to a T however this year will be the first that DD and I are veggie. All the usual rituals are now out of the window....nut roast is now on the menu and we'll be ditching the goose fat for the roast potatoes of course!!

[sarahw2]

Always rest your meat, and always make lots of extras for the evening/next day!

[rocketriffs]

When I do the roast spuds, I always squeeze them so they break a little bit before putting them in the oven. Makes them nice and soft inside with a crisp outer layer. Yum!

[eightyeightmilesperhour]

Spice up your roast chicken by marinating it overnight with olive oil, butter, garlic, chilli powder, cumin, thyme and black pepper. Push the marinade under the skin to make it extra crispy. Keep basting while it is cooking.

Serve with roasties, Yorkshire puds, honey roasted parsnips, carrots and homemade gravy - delicious!

[Osbornemrs]

We Always have a roast on a sunday in our house and we all sit down around the table. When we have beef or lamb i have to have the crispy ends and we have to have yorkshire puddings and lots of thick gravy..yum!

[cathyov]

Sunday roast dinner is a special time in our household and enjoyed by all the family. Yorkshire puddings (Aunt Bessie's of course!) are a requirement of any roast regardless of the meat being cooked.
Do have a little tip with the gravy when doing roast beef and that is to add a spoonful of horseradish and stir in well - makes it extra tasty.

[Dessallara]

For crispy roast potatoes boil them until they're soft then roast on a high heat in a hot hot oil. Also invest in a good meat thermometer to be able to always cook meat to perfection :)

[Gill81uk]

My best roastie tip is the shake up the peeled potatoes in a colander before putting oil on them. This helps them to fluff up on the outside and they go much crispier! yum!

[molly57]

Left over roast beef and pork are used to make Stovies

[manfalou]

Sunday roast isn't complete without yorkshire puddings in out house. And mint sauce is good with all meats too

[greensmith68]

i always make extra every thing then we have bubble and sqeauk and cold meat on a monday

[JayJay1874]

leave enough time - cook the meat low and slow and it (and your gravy) will taste way better.

[AnnieHoo]

Never leave your Yorkshire puddings in a draught. They’ll collapse. Best eaten straight out of the oven.

[cathryn1]

fill the yorkies with peas and carrots easier to get the kids to eat them

[KizzyBear]

I use the juices from the meat I’m cooking, either lamb or beef to cook the roast potatoes.
Always give the potatoes a shake in the pan after draining, before throwing them in the hot roasting tin, make them crispy 😋
Use a little spring water in your Yorkshire pudding mix. (Thank me later).
Put half a teaspoon in mint sauce.
Mix a little mustard in with your gravy if having beef.
Now I want a roast dinner 😭

[KizzyBear]

*half a teaspoon of sugar in mint sauce

[srobbo71]

Pigs in blankets are not just for Christmas is our motto. We have them every time we have a roast dinner!

[Bsummers]

I try and marinate your roast for a few hours (or overnight! even better) your roast will taste fantastic and be juicy.

Make extra roast potatoes, you can never have enough!

[cluckyhen]

I always cook too much meat so that I can use it in the next days meal - especially as hubby has to take it away as his evening meal as he works away from home!

[pret]

A roast dinner is the only meal we will all eat without any complaints.

I usually get two types of veg, broccoli and peas are the to choice, and a big chunk of meat to roast. I prefer beef but DH and DS2 prefer lamb. DS1 likes chicken best so we alternate weekly.

Roast potatoes have to be crispy. No soggy bottoms allowed in this house

We cook plenty so we can have seconds and left overs.

For pudding, it’s either sticky toffee pudding, Eton mess or Prince William’s wedding cake.

Best day of the week.