How to Boil an Egg . . . and 184 Other Simple Recipes for One by Jan Arkless
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ROAST POTATOES These can be cooked around the joint if you are cooking a roast dinner, or in a baking tin, with a little hot fat, to cook on their own. Allow 2-4 potato pieces per person. Peel the potatoes and cut them into evenly-sized pieces. Put them in a saucepan of hot water, bring to the boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Put a little fat in a roasting tin. (Use lard, margarine, dripping or oil. Do not use butter on its own as it burns and goes brown.) Heat the tin in the oven (400-425°F/200-220°C/Gas Mark 6-7). Drain the potatoes and shake them in the pan over the heat for a moment to dry them. Put the potatoes into the hot roasting tin, but be careful that the hot fat does not spit and burn you. Roast for 45 to 60 minutes, according to size, until crisp and golden brown. © Elliot Right Way Books MCMLXXXVI
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