Roast Recipes

Collection of roast recipes and roast dinner recipes such as chicken roast recipes and lamb roast recipes. Includes a review of All About Roasting with free roast meals recipes such as beef roast recipes and roast fish recipes:





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All About Roasting

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Molly Stevens trained as a chef in France and has taught at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont and L'Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Burgundy, France and Venice, Italy. She also writes for a range of food and recipe magazines and is the author of several cookbooks including All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking.

All About Roasting is conveniently broken down in chapters that can be dipped in and out of which includes the principles of roasting, beef and lamb recipes, chicken and poultry recipes, fish and shellfish recipes and vegetable and fruit recipes.

The first section of All About Roasting gives the reader a comprehensive guide to cooking roast dinners which includes how to make gravy from dripping in the roasting pan, a history of roasting from the early hearth, the invention of the spit roast to rotate the meat and cook evenly through to the invention of the stove and cookstove oven and the earliest roast recipes book, The Appledore Cook Book from 1872.

From here Molly now guides the reader through an explanation of the different roasting methods such as high heat, low heat, moderate heat, grill roasting, spit roasting, wet roasting, pan roasting and the differing types of meat cuts which would benefit from these ways to roast. She continues with when to baste roasts, the best position in the oven rack, slating poultry and meat prior to roasting, pan drippings, gravies and jus, deglazing and thickening deglazed juices.












Like any great teacher Molly steps up the knowledge level of her student reader with a guide to roasting times and temperatures to cook her roast recipes which includes the resting temperatures of joints and the temperatures to serve the dishes. A guide to the various meat thermometers is included such as the dial thermometer, digital probe and Molly's favourite the Thermapen. There is also a guide to the various roasting pans, parchment paper, roasting racks and the types of ovens.

Read the Cooked Chicken Temperature tips page.

The importance of resting meat and poultry before carving and serving are explained in All About Roasting, ie so that the juices continue to migrate throughout the joint and thicken and come to the surface. This tip should help the home cook to avoid serving dry meat. Other roasting tips include how to carve joints with the importance of carving across the grain of the meat and a guide to carving equipment. Each roast dinner recipe also has their own carving suggestions to make the most of the roast recipes.

The love that Molly Stevens has for roast recipes shines through her book and is summed up by her in her introduction chapter when she writes:

From cosy family suppers to lavish dinner parties to full-on traditional holiday celebrations, a big roast is often the most appropriate and appreciated focal point of the meal. Consider the Thanksgiving turkey, the Christmas roast beef, the springtime lamb, and so on.

Though an American book, All About Roasting reads easily enough to UK readers and Molly Stevens has added a convenient and easy to use US cups and spoons to metric measurements conversion table.

Beef Roast Recipes

The Beef roast recipes chapter starts with a guide to selecting beef from grass fed, organic dry-aged, heritage and free range beef. Roast beef recipes include one hour rosemary rib roast which, as throughout All About Roasting, includes pictures of the preparation and cooking stages and the cooked and served dish. Sample tips include seasoning and wrapping the joint a day or two earlier so that the herbs permeate the meat.

Sides and accompaniment beef roast recipes include a Yorkshire pudding recipe and a horseradish sauce recipe

Lamb Roast Recipes

Lamb roast recipes in All About Recipes range from delicious roasted rack of lamb with fig, mint and pine nut relish, roasted rack of lamb with crunchy mustard herb crust and slow roasted goat leg with harissa, tomatoes and onions.

Pork Roast Recipes

Pork roast recipes start from basic sear roasted pork tenderloin with a quick vermouth pan sauce to spice crusted roast pork tenderloin. Other pork roast recipes include pork tenderloin roulade with fig cherry stuffing and port wine sauce and goose roasted potatoes. Oven roast recipes tips in the pork roast recipes section include how to trim pork tenderloin and how to sear pork tenderloin.

Chicken Roast Recipes

Poultry and chicken roast recipes start with a basic roast chicken with step by step guide with pictures on how to carve a chicken then build up to more flavoursome chicken roast recipes such as Thai style roast chicken pieces with lemongrass, red pepper and shiitake and tandoori style roasted chicken legs. Other poultry and chicken roast recipes include roast quail with shallots, basic roast turkey with gravy, slow roasted herbed turkey breast, whole roast duck with hoisin sauce and Christmas roast goose with gravy.

Read Molly's Garlic Lemon Chicken recipe.

Read and view photos of How To Carve a Chicken.





Roast Fish Recipes

Roast fish recipes in the All About Roasting fish and shellfish chapter include garlic roasted shrimp with tomatoes, capers and feta, one dish roasted haddock with lemony potatoes and basic sear roasted salmon fillets.



Roasted Vegetable Recipes

Fruit and roasted vegetable recipes range from roasted asparagus bundles wrapped in bacon, quick roasted mushrooms with pine nuts and parmesan, slow roasted cauliflower with coriander and onion and a Christmas treat of roasted Brussels sprouts with capers and lemony butter. Other roasted vegetable recipes include roasted parsnips with bacon and rosemary.



Roast Potatoes Recipes

No roast dinner recipes book would be complete without a section of roast potatoes recipes and All About Roasting has an extensive collection which includes simple roasted potatoes recipes, herb roasted potatoes, winter warming mustard crusted roast potatoes and Xmas favourite goose fat potatoes with rosemary. Molly Stevens recommends using lower starch red potatoes to make the perfect roast potatoes to accompany roast meals.



Oven Roast Recipes

This American book introduces the UK reader to a range of tasty treats from across the water with ingredients readily available throughout British shops. Oven roast recipes for puddings to accompany your perfect roast dinner include maple roasted apples with caramelised nuts. Brown sugar roasted pineapple and roasted cherries with creamy polenta.

All About Roasting makes a welcome addition to any family kitchen and provides a comprehensive guide to cooking the perfect roast dinner. The roast recipes are explained in easy to follow detail with each of the steps of the roast dinner recipes explained. Buy this cookbook and impress your family with the 200 roast meals.



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All About Roasting was published by W.W Norton & Company New York and London in 2011.



Read more about Molly Stevens and follow her blog at www.mollystevenscooks.com








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