I love these so much that I think it is worth sharing my method. Feel free to add your own ideas and comments.
It was Shereen's roast chicken thighs recipe that got me started because she adds onions and garlic to the roasting tray. In any case, they are fantsatic hot or cold and really tasty.
My "secret" ingredient is Maggi arome saveur or liquid seasoning as it has been translated to on the Tesco shelves
I line a roasting tin with foil in a length long enough to double over and cover the contents. Then I add this and mix it up well:
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp soya sauce
1tsp arome saveur
Peppers provide the best, tastiest and juciest results. Bell work well and, of course, Romano are best of all. I wash, de-seed and chop them into sections about 5cm square. Then coat them in the liquid and lay them out on the foil.
Whole bulbs of garlic are great, as are the hearts of red onions. I treat them both in the same manner: just leave the skin on and slice a little off the top and bottom. Stand them on the foil and drizzle a little olive oil over them.
I fold the foil over to prevent them from burning and cook them at 180 c fan (200 non-fan) for about 40 minutes, checking after 30 minutes.
Mushrooms and tomatoes are done in the same way but they take only 20 minutes or so, therefore I do them on a second roasting tin that goes in later. Or I just add them to the peppers later if I am doing just a small quantity.
I squeeze the hearts out of the onions once cooked. Yummy tummy
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I (as a until-very-recently non-veggie eater) simply adore roast veggies. I often do a tray of sliced peppers, courgettes, mushrooms and red onions, with the addition of thickly sliced new potatoes parboiled first. And halved tomatoes.....isn't it funny, I (still) don't like raw toms (unless they're heavily disguised in a doorstep cheese & pickle sarnie ), nor fried or grilled ones, but roasting them seems to give them a wonderful flavour. I drizzle everything with olive oil and a splosh or three of balsamic vinegar (Aspalls do a lovely apple balsamic one - are they near you, Danny? I believe they're from Suffolk, aren't they?), with plenty of rock salt and fresh ground black pepper. Yum
And chunks of chorizo added to the tray give it an extra delicious smokey paprika flavour...even yummier.
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I adore roasted veggies and will try out your method Danny if I can find arome saveur.
Sue, I do all that you do, but I also add sweet potato. I always think it roasts really well with great flavour. I don't add chorizo so may try that sometime when I am not trying to lose weight.
My mouth is watering now!!!!!
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I'm not really keen on sweet potato, Danuta, it's one of those veggies I can't really make my mind up about. I feel as though I should like it, as it's sort of potato-like (and I do love potato in any way, shape or form) and it's healthier as it has less starch. Each time I try it though, I think "hmmm, don't really like this, it's too.....erm, sweet!"
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Sue I am with you, I add chorizo to all sorts of stuff. Including the odd casserole or two. I have even added it to the common tin of baked beans !!! But have never added it to roasted veggies but will do so next time, thanks...
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When we do roast veg, we use pepper, onion, garlic, sometimes sweet potato, celeriac, courgette or squash depending on what veg we have in the house. The garlic usually only gets added halfway through.
The main flavour we add is jerk seasoning which adds a mixture of sweet and spicy to the veg.
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What fantastic ideas - like adding chorizo - I would never have considered that but we love it added to various casseroles. Thanks, Sue - and yes, Aspinalls is in our area, probably closer to Chris than us but we know their produce very well.
I, too, detest the sweet potato.
Yorkie - the winter variations are a totally different dish IMO. No problem mentioning them but I was concentrating on the summer stuff. I adore roasted parsnips but why do carrots not work so well?
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