Wednesday night, my beyond wonderful flat decided to make a traditional English roast! It was so nice having a home cooked meal that wasn’t pasta (pretty much the only thing I cook) and hanging out together. I learned so much!
How to Cook a Traditional English Roast
The Menu
Main Dish: Roasted Chicken
Side Dishes: Baked Vegetables, Roasted Potatoes, Stuffing
Dessert: Steamed Pears with Creme & Chocolate
Main Dish: Roasted Chicken
I actually didn’t help with this dish (I was late thanks to the wonders of Primark shopping - more on that later), but Louise & Nik handled it like total pros! Here’s the final result:
Nik carving the chicken hahah
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Side Dish 1: Baked Vegetables
- Cut parsnip and carrots into “baton” slivers. Turns out I’ve mistakenly thought parsnip was an herb for about 20 years of my life. Turns out that’s parsley….
- Separate garlic into its little cloves. You can leave it in it’s thin shell.
- Cut onions
- Mix all the vegetables in oil and sprinkle with rosemary. Drizzle honey on top. Francesca, Ena, and Olivia after mixing everything together:
- Put it in the oven to bake!
Side Dish 2: Roasted Potatoes
- Peel potatoes (Ena handled this like a pro!)
- Wash potatoes
- Steam potatoes
- Put the potatoes in the oven with some oil
Louise serving the yummy potatoes - she was the real mastermind behind the whole roast!
Side Dish 3: Stuffing - the easiest one of all!
- Buy a packet of stuffing hahah
- Mix with water
- Form the stuffing into balls
- Bake in the oven!
- Enjoy the yummy crispyness
Dessert: Steamed Pears with Creme & Chocolate
- Peel the pears
- Cut the pears in half
- Steam them (supposedly you can microwave them too!)
- Whip up cream until it is relatively thick and fluffy
- Crush Maltesers into small chunks - not too fine
- Mix the Malteser chunks into the creme
- Melt some dark chocolate
- Put a dollop of the creme on top of the pear and drizzle with dark chocolate
Somehow, Beccy and Olivia decided that they would dress up in a pirate outfit and scrubs, respectively, so of course the rest of us followed suit with whatever ridiculousness we could find in our closets. Getting in the spirit of Halloween early I suppose!
Me & Olivia: so serious it hurts
Beccy as a pirate:
Flat 61!
Overall, the meal was absolutely delicious, and so much fun. We’ve decided we need to do more family dinners in our flat! It’s so nice to have a home away from home :) Love them all!