Roast dinner recipes

1. Check out these chooks

   Roast chicken is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Though you might already have a tried-and-tested version of this eternal favourite, it's worth peeking at our selection for new ideas.

   Recipes for roast chicken

   • How to roast chicken
   • Easy roast chicken with gravy
   • Spiced soy roast chicken

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2. Classic winter warmer roast dinner

   Roast beef with Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, horseradish sauce and proper gravy - hard to find a dish more British than that! Leave in the bone to add flavour, though a boned and rolled cut is easier to carve.

   Recipes include

   • Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
   • Roast potatoes
   • Traditional gravy

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3. Lovely lamb

   Whether you go for shoulder, rump, leg or rack, treat yourself with succulent roast lamb. We like it rubbed with spices before roasting, stuffed with vegetables or flavoured with slivers of rosemary, garlic and anchovy.

   Recipes for roast lamb

   • Slow roast shoulder of lamb with sliced potatoes
   • Roasted salt marsh lamb leg, crispy artichokes, anchovy and wild garlic pesto
   • Slow roast leg of lamb with chardonnay, rosemary, sage and bay

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4. Perfect potatoes

   Crisp on the outside, fluffy and soft on the inside, roast potatoes are a cinch to make if you know how. Be sure to use floury potatoes such as King Edward, Maris Piper or Cara to get the soft and slightly dry texture required.

   Recipes for roast potatoes

   • Low-fat roast potatoes
   • How to roast potatoes in goose fat
   • Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and creamed horseradish

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