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.

[katkatgu]

Always make extra roasties and yorkshires; they'll never go to waste!

[hbakfam]

Goose fat makes the best roast potatoes!

[AuFinch]

We love our Sunday roast dinners and its what we all look forward to, as i do them most weeks (only if we out for the day we dont eat them) i find its a doddle, far easier than tackling a new recipe for something else!

I usually use a 3 tier steamer pan - not only does this save a lot of energy as it uses 1/3rd of the energy of using 3 separate pans but it also cuts the washing up, saves water as you only need water in one pan and is more healthy! usually carrots/parsnips in the bottom (sometimes parsnips in oven depends how im feeling), some potatoes on the next level and on the top is the cauli/broccoli and in the last 15 mins the peas go in with those to steam away.

In the oven is the meat (depends what we fancy that week), and usually on the same tray is beetroot, the odd parsnip, some onions topped with tinfoil to keep it moist until the last half hour which i remove to brown up. I also have a small baking tray with frozen roasties on here for the man as he loves his roasties.

but the rest of the familys favourite bits are all the trimmings, I love frozen yorkshire puddings as its a lot less mess - they go on the second baking tray with some garlic bread and a handful of stuffing balls (again frozen). Its short cutting i know but it means instead of being in the kitchen most of sunday afternoon I can bung it all in at various times all i have to do it tray it all up and wait for the oven buzzer and in the meantime i can have fun with the family!

[keshimonster]

Always part boil the potatoes for 10 minutes, cover in frylight and roast for 45 minutes for crusty potatoes on the outside and fluffy on the inside!

[sweetdiversion1]

We have to have thick, lumpy gravy. It sounds gross but we're not happy unless our must have roasties are swimming in it.

[ButterflyOfFreedom]

My favourite bits are the roast potatoes & gravy so lots of each, crispy pots & nice thick gravy!

[colleysmill]

I do a roast most weeks in autumn and winter - in the summer we are big bbqers. For some reason the kids will always eat veg as part of a Sunday dinner even if they won't touch them the rest of the week.

If the budget won't run to a joint then I do a fake roast - toad in the hole, sausages etc but with all the trimmings.

I also always do enough for 2 nights dinners - I hated it as a child but leftover roast dinner on a Monday is lovely and makes Monday evenings much less hassle.

For special occasions I prep the potatoes for roasting the night before - parboil them and then chill smothered in a dash of oil, rosemary or mixed herbs and garlic. Roast as normal the next day - to die for. I pinched the recipe off my local pub!

[Ganne1]

My husband and I can never understand why one normally eats the main meal of the day in the evening, except on Sundays, when it's at what would normally be lunchtime. We have our main meal in the evening, but don't have any rituals. It's whatever we feel like, although we do tend to have a more traditional chicken or pork meal with vegetables. Foreign food is for the rest of the week.

[lovelykins]

Don't tell the family what meat you're going to roast beforehand or they'll argue about who wants what!

They'll love it once it's on the table.

[Happyjad]

I use lard for the roast potatos as these give the best flavour and crunch and always boil the chicken before roasting and keep the water from boiling ,as well as putting parsnips, onion and strips of bacon over the chicken into the oven and keep all the juices with the boiled water to make a heavenly gravy

[ang65t]

I always make the yorkshire pudding batter in the morning and chill the batter for as long as possible, nice hot pudding tins and the puddings will hit the top of the oven, mmmmmmmm

[edoody]

Thanks to Aunt Bessie's the Sunday Roast has got so much easier it is not just for Sunday! We love the roast potatoes, parsnips and yorskshire puddings, so I just by various joints of meat and vegetables, always a winner!

[mollymoo818]

We are very strict in our house in that no matter what roast meat we are having we always have to have roast potatoes, mash. roasted veg and yorkshires or it just isn't the same.

I always make way more potatoes and roasted veg than we will eat because the left overs make the most delicious hash. Throw in some of whatever meat that we are having and then fry it up and serve with a fried egg. It is almost as good as the roast.

[SSCRASE123]

Turkey works best for all of us, with all the trimmings. My son (and me) to be totally honest are a bit lax with our veg and we cook our carrots and snippers with honey and mustard and that always works.

[ThemisA]

My oldest son and I are vegan so I make sliced potatoes with plant based cream and salt and pepper most weeks that even the meat eaters like. I also do marmite roast potatoes which are a hit with everyone.

[hdh747]

For gluten and dairy free Yorkshire puds that will rise like you won't believe use half gram flour, half corn flour, salt and pepper, plenty of eggs and koyo coconut milk - I promise they are great.

[mave]

Make homemade gravy from the juices or the roast dinner will not be as yummy 😋

[renas]

I sometimes cook two chickens so I can use one in pasta, stir fries or salad the next day so when I get in from work tea is quick and easy

[UpOnDown]

lots of sage and onion stuffing

[123hartley123]

ADD ROSEMARY TO THE ROAST 10 MINUTES BEFORE COOKING AS ENDED

[Dizzyc73]

As a busy working mum with 5 children I must admit when it comes to cooking a roast dinner I do like to cut corners wherever possible. Which is precisely where Aunt Bessies come in. I can completely rely on their products to ensure a really tasty Sunday roast. I usually buy the roast potatoes, yorkshire puds & the carrot & swede mash (my daughter's favourite). Then I can concentrate on the meat and the one item my children insist that I make from scratch which is cauliflower cheese - apparently I make the best cauliflower cheese in the world!

[Pastychef]

Always allow 30 mins longer for your roasties than the recipe says!

[bevmichelle47]

Ooo, it's a total must to have roast potatoes! i toss them in the colander to fluff up their surfaces, sprinkling over flour, pop them into the tray with the roast beef to cook and marinate with the meat juices..All the family gathers in our house on a sunday to have their cooked dinner, they want miss it, especially my traditional accompaniment to a roast beef Yorkshire Pudding. The recipe i make is great tasting, not too crunchy pudding and made with glutenfree flour which the whole family enjoys, even though i'm the celiac! lol

[Bellaboo1234]

My sister family and my family have what we call the Sunday club, nice walk in the morning and then all sit down to Sunday lunch together, which we take turns each to cook.
I have to make sure the roast potatoes are crispy, parboil then warn a little olive oil with butter and coat the potatoes then roast for the perfect potato.

[janeyf1]

We don't regularly have roasts but when we do we really appreciate them as a treat. We use extra large dinner plates so that we can include a wide variety of colourful vegetables to ensure the meal is tasty but not too heavy