There are many roast potato recipes on the internet, but not all of them seem to deliver the right taste and texture. To go alongside your roast beef or roast pork this weekend, try your hand at cooking these garlic ‘extra crispy’ roast potatoes recipe from Marzia, a cooking expert and the woman behind little … Read more
Many recipes call for the addition of flour, baking soda or salt for extra crispy skin, but Gordon Ramsay uses something a little different. His perfect roasties are made with semolina – also known as wheat middlings. The ingredient is a coarse flour consisting mostly of the nutritious wheat grain germ, a natural by-product of … Read more
With a festive meal being a key aspect of Christmas Day, Mecca Bingo has conducted a survey of the “Christmas dinner must-have” to find out which trimmings are ranked as the most important. No surprise, roast potatoes were voted top spot, closely followed by the turkey, gravy and pigs in blankets. With supermarkets offering endless options for ingredients and … Read more
Many people cook the spuds on the day they plan to tuck into a roast dinner, or in December, a Christmas feast. Spitting-hot oil and goose fat tend to be the ingredients that are relied upon the most to make the skins perfectly crispy, but one chef has claimed that it comes down to something … Read more
