Roasting: Method and Recipes

Basting roast chicken
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Roasting is the slow cooking of meat, poultry, fish or vegetables, uncovered, with dry, indirect heat. Spit roasting was the original form. In the modern kitchen, the dry heat of an oven is preferred. Roasting is a method best used with large cuts of meat, whole poultry, whole fish, or with sturdy vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and onions.

The drippings formed on the bottom of a roasting pan are usually used to make a jus or gravy to serve with the meat. And it is an important part of the roasting process to allow roasted meats to rest for a period of time after they are removed from the oven to allow them to relax and redistribute their juices.

International Roasting Recipes

Stekt Gås 
(Swedish roast Christmas goose with pan gravy)

Cochinita Pibil 
(Mexican citrus-marinated pork slow-roasted in banana leaves)

Méchoui 
(North African spit-roasted lamb)

Baked Country Ham 
(American Southern roasted ham)

Pernil al Horno 
(Puerto Rican roast pork shoulder)

Southwestern Dry Rub 
(American Southwest meat, poultry and seafood grill seasoning)

Pavo Salvadoreño 
(Salvadoran roast turkey with sauce)

Canard à l’Orange 
(French roast duck with orange sauce)

Schweinebraten 
(German roast pork)

Yorkshire Pudding 
(English savory puff pudding)

Cedar Plank Salmon 
(Canadian salmon grill-roasted on aromatic wood)

Haneeth 
(Yemeni spiced and roasted lamb shanks)

Roast Prime Rib 
(English roast rib of beef)

Arni me Patates sto Fourno 
(Greek roast lamb with potatoes)

Roast Turkey with Pan Gravy 
(American holiday turkey)

Asparagi alla Parmigiana 
(Italian asparagus gratin)

Char Siu 
(Chinese barbecue pork)

Poulet aux 40 Gousses d’Ail 
(French Provencal roast chicken with 40 cloves of garlic)

North Carolina Pulled Pork Recipe 
(American Southern barbecue pork sandwich)

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