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Best roasting potato?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited December 2020
    Yes ... just like that ... I don’t have any pics but they look like my roasties. 180C fan is equivalent to 200C in a non fan oven. 
    I use either sunflower oil or   goose fat. 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Patience, not too much fat. Add them to hot fat so the fat doesn't soak in .  Broken surface. Not close together or they steam. Dry clean tray if they're not crisping The best of mine 😋 look like that.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I'm so failing to get anywhere close at 180 or 200oC. :/
  • Maybe the thermostat isn’t working properly? 🤔 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Does the fat get got enough to brown a cube of bread? If it does, then it's getting hot enough. If it doesn't, Doves probably right.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Possibly, but the oil can get smoking hot. Just not at 180.
  • It doesn’t need to get smoking hot ... something’s going wrong somewhere 🤔 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited December 2020
    What oil are you using? Some, like ev olive oil, smoke at a lower temperature.
    In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    I find a lump of goose fat melted in the roasting pan gives a slightly better result than oil.

    Parboil spuds (King Edwards, Roosters or W'rose "red" potatoes) for about 5 mins, return to the saucepan on a very low heat to dry, a good shake to break up the outside and then add to and coat with the hot fat.

    I believe the coating with the fat is called 'dressing the potatoes' and I often do this hours in advance so the pan just needs to be popped back into a hot oven for 50 mins to cook and crisp up.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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