British Roast Potatoes recipe - The Perfect Christmas Dinner side dish

These are the potatoes I used to make at the start of my career in Michelin starred British pubs back in the late 2000's. Not much has changed and they still go down a treat with my family and friends.
Learn the process and techniques Auntie Liz uses to make her Sunday Roast style Potatoes (to her preference). Share this video and leave us a comment if there's another dish or side or recipe you'd like us to cook!
Recipe:
Perfect Roast Potatoes
Ingredients:
1-2kg King Edward potatoes (or can use Maris piper or floury variations) - peeled/washed/remove any black, dark spots
150ml-200ml goose fat (or duck fat, beef dripping or vegetable oil)
Rosemary/Thyme
1 x large bulb of garlic
Salt to season
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 210c
2. Cut your potato into equal sizes, cutting extra edges onto the potato
3. Par-boil the potatoes in cold water +, 1 whole bulb of garlic seasoned with a lot of table salt, then turn down to a gentle simmer for approx 15-20 minutes or until your knife has just a little resistance in the middle.
4. CAREFULLY strain, keeping the garlic, and rough the potatoes to create those fluffy edges.
5. Leave to steam for at least 20 minutes or until cool. * You can freeze these at this point for another day*.
6. Add your roasting tray into the oven to pre-heat for 5 minutes with the fat to heat up.
7. Add the garlic, potatoes, herbs and season well with table salt, giving the potatoes a good turn in the hot fat to coat.
8. Roast on high heat for 1 hour, turning them halfway.
9. Discard any herbs, and serve straight away with the roasted garlic.
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[@etjulien]

1:31 "What you want is something crunchie and crisp on the outside. And soft and fluffy on the inside. A little bit like my husband." 😂

[@pk1342]

I stumbled across a great roastie technique by pure accident that i deemed the butter absorption technique. Once they are through the boiling stage, pour melted salted butter over them and let them sit for a few hours. Thr butter permeates through the entire potato. Then i cook them in lard or beef dripping (or chicken/duck/goose fat if doing a bird) Lower heat and longer cook time leads to a thicker more glass like shell. Higher heat will crisp fast but give a thinner shell. End result is super crispy and tastes like buttery mash potato on the inside. Thank me later!

[@Oughut88]

Michael Caine uses your method!

[@pk1342]

​@@Oughut88haha and here I was thinking I was the OG. Clearly Michael Caine is a very wise man, or like me accidentally left his boiled potatoes sitting in butter 😅

[@slc1161]

Like fondant potatoes.

[@TastyBitesMike]

They are delicious! Can’t beat a roastie

[@nathan87]

Great video. I completely understand why you recommend keeping them all the same size, but at home I do like to throw in some smaller offcuts alongside the full size potatoes. not only does this reduce waste but I actually think it is nice to have some crispy bits and pieces.

[@NewVenari]

like those small crispy fries in your burger platter :)

[@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits]

I thought the very same thing as you when she plopped them aside on a plate. I thought, hey, put those in there!

[@paulabuck5976]

i agree!

[@PrincessMargaretJoacquim1111]

The cooking process has to even 😊

[@oakmaiden2133]

All goes in. My people don’t believe in scraps.

[@urbanapache2]

Been cooking roasties a long time, but as a Brit living in the States for 6 years, have to admit I needed a refresher, actually picked up a few tips here, or slight variations on how I do mine. What a woman. Cheers

[@robinchipman6746]

You’re probably not going to see this, but my family took its first trip to the UK this year and the thing that we loved the best was roast potatoes, and cheese toasties. Now, we have not been able to re-create these here at home but this video is going to help me do that for my family so thank you so much.

[@wendyfay16]

Where do you live when at 'home'? What are cheese toasties?

[@cindysebastiani998]

I make a version of these potatoes. I leave the skins on, scrub them well, cut off any spots, and then cut them into smaller pieces. Season with oil (bacon grease if available), salt pepper rosemary and thyme. Then I roast them at 425 degrees just until tender. They always come out wonderful. Years ago my husband made them in a similar manner without pre-cooking them and they turned out well. We’ve been making them this way for years.

[@Nozarks1]

How much time in the oven

[@blmi5591]

@@Nozarks1 30 min would be enough

[@Nozarks1]

@@blmi5591 thanks.

[@the-chow-hall]

The first Christmas I spent with my first British girlfriend she made these and I was blown away. Now I make them every year.

[@johncooper7785]

my wife makes me make them every weekend in the colder months haha

[@melenelewis2955]

I'm 69yrs old....never too late to learn new tricks....will definitely try... these potatoes look fabulous! 😊 From Johannesburg South Africa.

[@Beepinsqueekin]

I grew up on an acreage in middle Iowa USA, and my mom, an Irish gal, made these all my childhood. Im now 66 yr old. Yummy potatoes

[@ohmightywez]

Mom was a Quigley from Illinois and dad was a Ryan from Dubuque. We couldn't have dinner without bread and potatoes, cooked in all manner of ways. There were so many of us that boiled parsley potatoes were the usual go to. There would be a fight for roast potatoes on the special occasion. Though we all willingly pitched in on the peeling. Lol

[@joanneknox5091]

Yum . . . I swear I could smell that roasted goodness all the way over here in the States.

[@chrismults1500]

Lol, I think I could get a fantastic aroma in Canada as well ❤😊

[@JoeBurby]

I'm putting my hand up to show you that I plan to make these! I've lived in England in quite a while this reminded me how good and tasty the potatoes are at the pubs.

[@AuntieLiz]

do it!

[@Terezeta]

My dad’s mother was from London and always recommended par-boiling potatoes before roasting. This video is next level!

[@Dee-jq2ob]

We had roast potatoes every Sunday, with our dinners and sometimes during the week, they’re so good.

[@marcusadams8067]

Thank you. There’s nothing better than a good roast potato.

[@MorningMotivation.20]

Better than French fries! A simple and delicious baked potato recipe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGecY3uoqreoorM

[@edwardpate6128]

The potato are the New Worlds gift to the world. Such an amazingly adaptable little tuber!

[@suecox2308]

Those potatoes look wonderful. (And, please, Santa, I want one of those see-through pots!)

[@cheryljune1603]

I want a glass pot

[@Huntington446]

@@cheryljune1603 Vision glass pots use to be $35. They are now about $85 for one.

[@vibrantly50]

I’ve been trying for years to recreate my husband’s mum’s roast potatoes! Thanks so much.

[@dianehiston9275]

I always cook my roast potatoes in Veg stock rather than just water, really adds to the flavour.

[@holdinmuhl4959]

The sense of humour of Elizabeth is fine. And so is her English.

[@BobRooney290]

what a beautiful kitchen! just looking at it brings warmth and comfort. nothing looks like a studio prop. love the back yard garden!

[@catherineiselin]

You are a very good teacher! Thank you for your video.

[@ZalthorAndNoggin]

Great video Elizabeth. I've learned loads from it both cutting and cooking [despite having been cooking roasties for years which have always been pretty spot on]. I converted to olive oil recently and discovered roasties take loads longer because the temperature of the fat is too low and it loses the crunch. Back to good old fashioned beef dripping for me in future. Thanks for a really great tutorial.

[@AuntieLiz]

My pleasure glad it helped and thanks for taking the time to comment and share your insights. Cheers and have a good festive season!

[@franklinda6490]

Happy to come across your channel! Your cooking demonstration is a pleasure to watch, and I can’t wait to make these roasted potatoes. Thank you!

[@paulwagner688]

So true. NOTHING like really well done roast potatoes. I've got to try this recipe.

[@padders1068]

Liz, they look delicious and definitely going to give them a try. The garlic idea is genius! ❤

[@carolyn6290]

TY from the USA

[@PebbleStudio]

I am in Tokyo at the moment. Tomorrow I am doing a Christmas dinner for our deceased mother's 90-year-old friends. I do it every year and they love roast potatoes. This year it is a starter of mushroom soup with garlic bread croutons, followed by a chicken which I have soaked in a flavoured brine, complimented with Yorkshire pudding with slices of my homemade sausage and onion gravy, french beans, carrots, my special creamed mash potato and roasts. My problem is this: I cannot get decent potatoes in Tokyo, they just are not roasting material! I try my best, our mother, before she died, and her friends love what I do but I just cannot get a solid King Edwards and it is so frustrating. After the main course, I have made a Christmas cake soaked with Grand Marnier and to follow my homemade seeded puffy crackers ( Cornish wafer style) to go with a fat lump of Normandy brie we brought out from England two weeks ago. I am a 67-year-old Cockney who loves cooking. These Japanese elders love eating but it has to be good. The youngest is 88 and the oldest is 93. They all work, they all live life to the full. When I said I would organise a cab for the 93-year-old because she lives a mile away she told me: "Don't waste your money, I will come on my bicycle like I always do." I will try my best to produce the finest dinner possible for them but what I would give for a couple of pounds of King Edwards!

[@debbieinitaly]

Use parsnip equivalent if they aren’t natively used there. Any root vegetable really that is potato-like they might enjoy better the next day. 😂

[@beemer281]

Bloody amazing , living in the states ,from Bristol UK, my mother taught my American born wife how to make a great Sunday roast,, now I will try your garlic and herbs ,Thank you..

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

Ah, King Edward potatoes! No longer in UK and I miss the variety of “spuds”! My mouth waters at the sight of those roast potatoes and, yes, they are the star of the meal. 👏👏👏

[@TheNetsrac]

They look so delicious,looking forward to trying this Thank you 👍🏻

[@Improveng1]

Absolutely fantastic Elizabeth, thank you.😄😄😄

[@narvul]

Nice recipe. Fun fact: Over here in the Netherlands everybody thinks we're a real potato country but...... it's nearly impossible to buy them by race. They're simply called how they cook; tough or fluffy and the taste is far away. Best tasting potatoes I had was in Portugal. Those spuds look delicious!

[@exeuropean]

Years ago it was done by variety. There were a lot of them Hoever for the average Dutch person that was too compitcated and so they had to simplify it In earlier days we had greengrocers and they lots of varieties of any kind. Dutch people honestly I kind of stupid. You can hardly find big cuts of meat because everything is s thinly sliced. It s maddening. In the US where I lived for a long time the beef is the best. Dutch beef is garbage

[@mervewynter3964]

She chat Too much 😭😭

[@KF-co1yl]

I loved this demo. I’ve always wondered why my potatoes didn’t turn out. Can’t wait to try this recipe and taste that golden crispy dish. Thank you.

[@nancycrabtree6312]

The BEST roasted potato I ever tasted , I enjoyed a a Greek restaurant in London in 1986! I am STILLl thinking about those potatoes. This looks like it will be delicious! Thank you!

[@blackdoublezero]

Aunty Liz & roast potato's ....Heaven !

[@laurabenson1278]

I love potatoes, but I've never made them like that before. I can't wait to try this!

[@erikadonnaquibuyen4230]

Yes sis!!! I am definitely going to try these for Christmas dinner with a prime rib roast. Thank you for your techniques and your gentle way of taking care of roasted potatoes properly. Happy Holidays!

[@dianabunniss2495]

I followed your advice as closely as I could. The roast potatoes were fantastic ! I was so delighted. Outside was crisp and inside was soft and fluffy. I cut the sides as you suggested, added the garlic and the herbs etc…Thanks so much for the video. Made my Christmas dinner amazing!

[@AuntieLiz]

Awesome 👏🏻 just awesome 🙂 Merry Christmas

[@Nose77904]

Those look amazing! I'm going to try to cook some soon. Thank you!

[@jerseyphilip]

They look lush, I hadn't seen the tip about the cutting before. I do like to add some butter after the boil, but your tips are great, thanks:)

[@chris109]

Thank you so much!!! I need to make a potato dish for Christmas dinner. I was at a loss as to what to make. Your roasted potatoes will be the perfect accompaniment to the rest of the meal! I’m thrilled to have found your KZbin channel! I’m looking forward to learning how to make a lot more delicious dishes! Thanks again!!

[@ryulee458]

😋 that looks so good Aunt Liz.

[@frostpuma304]

Thanks much! I've a dinner coming up soon so the timing of this video is impeccable.

[@velmamendoza1120]

I like the way this potato recipe came out. Can't wait to make it. Thank you.

[@marktaylor1801]

So wonderful. Thank you very much !

[@Mspurrier88]

Thank you for pointing out how much a better choice either Duck fat/goose fat/tallow is than olive oil. My last attempt at roast potatoes was disappointing. I’m going to give it another try this weekend for a Friendsgiving Feast!

[@lgparker4726]

fat mean flavour.

[@judsonkr]

Beef Tallow is fantastic as well.

[@gracepursey2166]

WHERE do I go to get this “fat”. All I have is bacon fat. 😳😳😳

[@kayak63red34]

@@gracepursey2166 Surely, you jest. You have the best.

[@ohmightywez]

We keep bacon fat (US style bacon, not the hammy Canadian or British bacon), and use a bit of that frying potatoes and a ton of other things.

[@SqueakyWeasel247]

The "penetrate" call back killed me … thank you! Tasty spuds too!

[@anastasiamathura5401]

Looks delicious thanks for sharing

[@13c11a]

It was daylight when you started cooking and full dark when you finished. I know your family was happy with those potatoes. Thank you.

[@reneedimitros3998]

Lol

[@muddyshoesgardener]

This cooking lesson was full of frown delivered advice. Made me recall those crushing years of culinary school and misc kitchen jobs. There were a few posts that resonated. Thanks everyone. Happy holidays! 🙂

[@BarbaraWiltGerber]

Looks amazing!

[@FredricElias-oh2sn]

Just recently have started to roast potatoes this style. Trial and error and they're not quite right. Following your methods and I'm having better success.Fortunately, the Russet, grown here in Alaska, U.S., is very flavorful.Thankyou for you're informative and funny presentation.

[@AuntieLiz]

You’re welcome x

[@sarahdoanpeace3623]

Mouthwatering, classic garlic roasted potatoes ARE indeed the best thing in life! Happy Christmas!

[@jeffs.4313]

Great video! I enjoyed the recipe and look forward to trying it. Well done, Chef!

[@donnapollock]

Oh WOW!!! these are amazing Potatoes I will make these for my Christmas Dinner for sure. I can't wait. Thank you so much for this Beautiful recipe...

[@AuntieLiz]

You are so welcome!

[@Justwatchingvideos2day]

Great video! Thanks for the tips.

[@catherineanderson-hill6105]

Looks yummy!!! Must try

[@doreenmangru3490]

It’s a joy listening to you - a real breath of fresh air

[@TheKitty1952]

Excellent details on best roasted potatoes. Saving my beef dripping for future potatoes

[@marianthewriter6727]

Yum! They look so delicious! Thank you for your tips.

[@msjackie123100]

Love it Elizabeth, love how you "manipulated and caressed" the potatoes. Beautiful. Don't eat lard or duck fat, but will use Sunflower oil. Way to go girl. Final product looks delicious 😊

[@AuntieLiz]

Thanks Ms Jackie 🙌🏻

[@ontheroadwithme5034]

Love it!❤

[@lauralutz4538]

God bless you! The perfect Roasties, glorious!

[@evelynsinclair6866]

Those potatoes are absolutely enticing. ThNks for the instructions.

[@jeanettedavis4240]

Looks delicious

[@stevemchadd]

Perfect for Christmas dinner 😋

[@sandie157]

Thank you Chef. That was easily the best video I have ever watched on how to cook roast potatoes.💖 It was those special tips which made the difference for me . Which type of spud to use. How to cut them. The fact that you have to start with cold water. How to tell when they are perfectly parboiled. Heating up the pan and the oil first. etc. Nuggets of gold - both the tips and the potatoes 😄🎄 Hope you have an awesome Christmas with your family. 🇨🇦

[@AuntieLiz]

You are so welcome 🙏🏻

[@patriciaconway2649]

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[@asgharnowrouz3853]

Like you said they look glorious. Thank you

[@AuntieLiz]

They are! Thank you for watching

[@AzaleaLuna]

Saving this in my recipes tab. Some great tips here. Thank you.

[@luciabriseno4065]

I Just discovered your channel. I’ve never seen a potato 🥔 recipe like this one. Looks pretty good. I was looking for a good recipe for potatoes 🥔. Looks like I most likely will add this to our Christmas Dinner 🍽️👩‍🍳👌🏻

[@manikaprasad4056]

Chef ! A joy listening to the video .. and the care with which you prepare the dish .

[@AuntieLiz]

So nice of you, ta

[@trynvegan]

Great video! Looks delicious ❤

[@adriennewhyte5490]

I’m drooling!

[@ellenbarry758]

I love these tips and the recipe

[@AuntieLiz]

So glad!

[@mariesmith8454]

She's funny, I didn't know roasting potatoes could be that entertaining, they look delicious, except no garlic on potatoes for me. Loved her accent.

[@kathycourtney2]

Every year my sister and I travel to the UK and first thing is a proper roast and potato dinner on Sunday!

[@nadiajabbour7966]

Yes surely will do it 👍🏻 thank you 🙏🏻

[@adrianapusztai6806]

Best video on roasting potatoes I've ever watched. Thanks so much. 🌟

[@robertwayne352]

Chef! Those look delicious! I will use your recipe for perfect potatoes. Im hungry now! 😀

[@Porscheman1]

Love these Potatoes! BTW: loved the episode with Nigel Ng watching Triple D and Guy Fieri ~ HILARIOUS!

[@vinettechisholm5135]

Always love these potatoes.❤

[@rupertmayorsangalang5371]

Lovely

[@susanwebster9218]

A lovely video. Thank you for the tips.

[@debbiesmith6659]

Can’t wait to try these

[@bellaferman]

Hi from Los Angeles, CA. Fabulous recipe! WOW! Will make them for my Christmas dinner for sure! Thank you.

[@hubertusschweitzer856]

I use bay leave instead of salt. The same result, I am a high blood pressure patient. Your recipe is marvelous and Tasty Yummy and Yammy. 😘😘😘😍👍👍👍

[@Phyllis-kl4yo]

Looks like a great recipe to try! Thank you! ❤

[@karlenedream7790]

The best roast potato instruction ever!

[@jennhanna8126]

awesome video and lots of good info! thanks for sharing, i will be trying this recipe soon!

[@sherrytitus5345]

Wonderful video. For a potato lover, nothing better.

[@kennethmurray28]

Excellent

[@daddyphatsax304]

Trying this tonight. 👏👏

[@weidles]

Darling, your mama thought you well, and your husband is a lucky man. When we went to England, my uncle's daughter cooked us a British meal of roasted potatoes in duck fat, it was so good. I am going to try your recipe out.

[@margaretvanson3601]

Great video, but I have to cook for 20 whenever we have a family dinner. Just as well I still have some of my huge roasting pans. I'm always on duck- fat potatoes for Christmas day, along with pavlova x 3. Roasting spuds is a hot job in the middle of summer down here in NZ.

[@brucetidwell7715]

I love your attitude! And I learned something. Can't wait for your next vid.

[@rangamurali7667]

Marvellous!

[@TSinSoCal]

Great stuff!

[@henriettalowe4689]

Thanks for the video. Will use this over the Christmas.

[@AuntieLiz]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@c-historia]

that's so amazing! big LIKE

[@mimk4343]

I lovvve POTATOES 🥔 😋 THANK YOU for this recipe😊👍