Best cuts

The best cuts for roasting

Handy tips on how to get the most out of your roast. We've got advice on the best cuts for roasting beef, pork and lamb and show you how to roast chicken, grouse and more.

How to joint a chicken

Easy does it...

Easy roast recipes

Entertain in style after work or at the weekend with these fabulously simple roast dinner recipes and accompaniments.

Quick roast

Roast pork, potato and feta

This cheesy pork recipe is an ideal supper dish: it's quick, comforting and low-fat.

Roast pork steaks with vine tomatoes and pine nuts

One-pot roast

Duck leg with celeriac and apples

This duck recipe is a simple one-tray roast and guaranteed to satisfy any urge for British comfort food.

Pot-roast duck with baby turnips

Roast chicken

Rosemary and honey roast chicken with garlic mash

Try this sumptuous rosemary and honey roast chicken with this dreamy garlic mash.

White gravy for roast poultry

Pork belly roast

Crispy pork belly

A fantastic, cheap cut of meat – this recipe feeds four for under a fiver.

Roast stuffed pork belly

Slow-roast pork belly with quince

Roasties

Goose fat roast potatoes with sage

No roast dinner is complete without roast potatoes and these ones are cooked in goose fat for extra crunch and flavour.

Chipped rosemary and lemon potatoes

Stuffing

Parsley, lemon and thyme stuffing

This written-for-children recipe for stuffing makes enough to stuff a 1.4kg chicken.

Chestnut and pork herb stuffing

Wine matching

Wines for roasts

What you need with succulent, well-basted meat, cooked slowly and served to a throng of family and friends is a great bottle of wine (or two) to go with it.

Pot roast

Pot-roasted pork chops in cider with shallots and peas

Thick pork chops can dry out during cooking, so pot-roasting them with liquid helps keep them juicy.

Roast leftovers

Warm lamb and chickpea salad

This recipe is a great way to use up leftover meat from a Sunday roast. The juicy, succulent slow roasted lamb shoulder takes on a new lease of life with the addition of chickpeas and sweet peppers.

Sausage roast

This recipe is easy to prepare and can be made in advance. Simply leave it to roast... and dinner is served.

Oven-roasted sausages with ratatouille

Roasted sausages and beans

Roast lamb

Apricot stuffed lamb shoulder with rosemary roast potatoes

The apricot stuffing gives a lovely, fruity flavour to this lamb dish while the herby potatoes are a real treat. An interesting weekend roast.

Garlic and anchovy gravy for lamb and beef

Roast pork

Crown roast of pork with cran-apple stuffing

This sophisticated crown roast of pork recipe looks and tastes great and will feed a hungry crowd.

Roast pork with braised red cabbage, pears and juniper

Roast beef

Mustard and thyme-crusted rib of beef

Serve this special herby hunk of beef to feed a rabble on a special occasion.

Classic beef gravy

More roast lamb

Lamb with real mint sauce and roasted tomatoes

Whip up your own mint sauce – this rack of lamb recipe will love you for it.

Rosemary and redcurrant lamb shoulder with winter vegetables

Roast chicken

Maple-glazed roast chicken

The glaze sets into a sticky, shiny coating that gives a yummy sweet-and-sour flavour to the bird.

Classic roast chicken with chorizo and red onion stuffing

Veggie wedges

Roasted squash wedges with smoky dried chilli and panch phoran

Spicy roasted squash wedges with a mixture of whole spices perfect for curries or roasting vegetables.

Bonkers for beetroot

Roasted garlic and thyme beetroot

This vegetarian side dish goes well with roast pork or chicken as the beetroot has a sweet earthy flavour, or squeeze the garlic out of their skins and mix with the beetroot into some cooked couscous.

Nut roast

Nut roast with roasted mixed vegetables

It's the addition of artichokes and sweet potatoes that make this nut roast with roasted mixed vegetables recipe so darn fine.

Veggie gravy

Winter roots

Cumin-roasted winter roots with parsley & lemon butter

Winter vegetables make a wonderful side dish for a roast. Serve this easy recipe alongside roast meat or poultry

Roast it Scottish style

A Scottish roast

This beautiful menu is a tribute to the produce and flavours of Scotland. Based on a traditional roast, the Caledonian twist will surprise and amuse. Our timeplan will make your life easier, too.