Roast potatoes can take anywhere from an hour to 90 minutes to prepare and cook from scratch.
Cooks often spend their time peeling, cleaning and parboiling their potatoes which can take time away from entertaining guests.
Rather than spending hours cooking roast potatoes this Sunday, home cooks can instead try an easier, simpler recipe that takes just 35 minutes.
Billy Wright and Jack Layer, MasterChef finalists and Canned Food UK ‘CANambassadors’, have shared their useful hack for making “speedy roast potatoes”.
They said: “To make speedy roasties, drain a can of tinned potatoes and carefully press each potato so that it is slightly squashed.
“Canned potatoes are already peeled, saving you time. These make the perfect roasties – the little roast potatoes are so moreish you may need to make double!
“Heat a roasting tray with the rapeseed oil in the oven, add the potatoes and roast until crispy, around 35 minutes at 180°C fan.
“Once crispy, top with finely chopped mint, a dusting of smoked paprika and a squeeze of lemon.”
Darren Watts, showroom development and design director at Wren Kitchens also suggested using tinned potatoes for making roast potatoes.
He said: “Using tinned potatoes will make your roasties extra fluffy on the inside and crispy on the outside.
“Cooking them in the air fryer gives them that perfect crunch on the outside while keeping them fluffy on the inside. It’s a fantastic way to achieve those crispy edges that everyone loves”
Tinned roast potatoes can be bought from most local supermarkets. Sainsbury’s Stamford Street Co. Tinned potatoes cost 37p.
Growers Harvest New Potatoes In Water cost 38p from Tesco and Asda New Potatoes in Water cost just 60p.
However, nutritionist Rimas Geiga, claimed the trick to a “crisp exterior” is parboiling your potatoes first.
He said: “Roast potatoes, when executed with finesse, transcend the realm of a mere side dish.
“Elevate your roasting game by embracing the power of parboiling. This pre-cooking technique not only accelerates the roasting process but also creates a delightful contrast between the creamy interior and the crisp exterior.”
