this Sunday roast a meal that for us
Brits is not only a national treasure
but it's an absolute necessity hi guys
my name is Anna English this is English
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any future lessons in today's lesson we
are learning all about Britain's most
traditional meals and that is the Sunday
roast so let's get cooking as you may
have imagined a Sunday roast is a dinner
that is cooked in the oven it is roasted
now we call it a Sunday roast because
it's enjoyed on the Sunday but you can
also enjoy a roast dinner on any day of
the week and sometimes we shorten this
all the way down to simply a roast are
you having a roast tonight now there are
a number of very important parts to
consider when creating a roast dinner
and the first thing to think about is
the centerpiece what will your whole
dinner center around I'm talking about
the meat so typically we like to eat
roast beef but if you're not a fan of
roast beef then you might opt for a
roast chicken or alternatively you could
have roast lamb or even pork mmm
but if you're a vegetarian like me then
you won't be interested in putting meat
on your plate and instead you will opt
for a nut roast or something like a
stuffed mushroom or my favorite a brie
and cranberry Wellington which is cheese
and a cranberry sauce sometimes with
nuts or pine nuts
wrapped in a pastry yum-yum-yum the meat
that you choose will then dictate what
additional extras will go on the plate
for example if you're having roast beef
then you should definitely consider
making some Yorkshire puddings if you
opt for pork then crackling is a must
those of you choosing Turkey as a lean
alternative to chicken will need to have
crammed
source among your condiments displayed
on the table talking about condiments if
you go for lamb then it's expected for
you to add mint sauce to the table with
pork apple sauce is a must and with beef
horseradish or mustard should definitely
be on the table in my household when I
was growing up chicken was a firm
favorite so that's what I'm going to be
cooking for you today
the first thing we're going to cook is
the meat you'll want to prepare it so
that it really brings out the flavor
sometimes we stuff chickens in this case
I'm not stuffing it but I am covering it
with butter and then adding a little
salt and pepper then you put the meat
into the oven and the next thing to
think about is probably what I consider
to be one of the most important parts of
the meal and that is the roast potatoes
traditionally the roast potatoes are
peeled and quartered
put into a pan of cold water and brought
to the boil so they can be pas
then you drain off the water shake them
around a bit so they become fluffy cover
them in oil or any other flavorings that
you would like to flavor them with some
people use duck fat or goose fat to make
them extra tasty you put them on a
baking tray and pop them in the oven for
about an hour mmm next we should think
about any other root vegetables that you
want to add to the meal because root veg
takes a little bit longer to cook
traditionally roast dinners will have
parsnips and carrots now the past EPS
and carrots should be peeled and topped
and tailed this means you take the ends
off with carrots you can do so many
things you can boil the carrots you
could roast the carrots or you could
even mash the carrots and that's one of
my favorites but on this occasion I'm
making you honey roast carrots so the
carrots will be sliced down the middle
and laid in a tray full of honey where
they will then sit in the oven for
around half an hour until they soak up
the honey
tastes divine the parsnips however I've
chopped in half and thrown in with the
chicken so they take up all the chicken
juices along with a few onions and
garlic as well for extra flavor stuffing
is called stuffing because traditionally
you would stuff the bird with it I'm
sure you can make your own but I simply
buy the granules add water let it set
then pop it in the oven so it really
Browns off now we should add the greens
so you can choose all sorts of green
vegetables peas sprouts yep leeks
cabbage there's so many different things
to choose from
but today I've made you broccoli and
courgette which I'm simply boiling and
then a little added extra something you
would see on a Christmas roast dinner
you don't always see it on a Sunday
roast because it's a tad indulgent but
I've added it for you today and these
are pigs in blankets pigs in blankets
pigs in blankets are sausages wrapped in
bacon a nice little treat to sit on the
side of your plate then once everything
is cooking you've got most of your food
in the oven some stuff on the hob
boiling away now it's time to think
about the final finishing touch which is
the gravy now everyone has their own
secret recipe for the best gravy and if
you don't mind sharing I would love to
hear how you make gravy down in the
description box below though I have to
say I'm sure that my mum's gravy is the
best gravy in the whole wide world we
still don't know how she makes it but
normally gravy is including a stock cube
or gravy granules or it's using the
water from the vegetables and the juices
from the meat lots of different flavors
may be thickened up with a little
cornflour and voila you have a wonderful
gravy hopefully which you smother your
dinner in yum yum yum so there you go a
Sunday roast in fact that's the first
roast dinner I've made and all the time
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