Electric Skillet

[Bobbisox1]

I've just bought one and I'm doing a Roast dinner for tonight , instead of doing mash etc, I'm going to roast,potatoes,carrots,yellow pepper,turnip,onion and broccoli . With an oven cooked joint of beef
Would you suggest I par boil the carrots and potatoes ? ( they're in good chunk size)

[pastafreak]

I probably would, as I have a horror of undercooked root veg. Of course it depends on the type of carrots...large, late season cut in chunks, or those small chefs carrots?
I'd no idea electric skillets were still used. Is there an advantage to them?

[Bobbisox1]

Not sure Pasta, I just thought I'd give it a try , I've got the root veggies on now so I'm par boiling them , just thought I'd better

[barry1010]

Does the manual give any indication of how to cook different foods in it?
I'm a bit confused though - if you are going to use your oven to roast the beef why not roast the veg in it, too?

[Bobbisox1]

Not much of a manual Barry, I thought of that but I wanted the stock from the meat to make gravy and I didn't want oil in it which I have to use to roast the veggies, that's mainly why I asked, maybe I'm doing it wrong

[barry1010]

I would roast the beef in one roasting tin, and the veg in another, both in the oven.

[Bobbisox1]

The only difference to a roasting gin is the skillet gets plugged in and they get roasted that way , it's billed as an electric fry pan/ skillet , but I've done the meat in the oven anyway

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[gingejbee]

Sorry, but I'd be using the contraption instead of the oven...not in addition to it. If the oven is on for the beef, it seems wasteful (and daft) to use this elecrical thing as well.

[Bobbisox1]

As I've said Ginger, I didn't want the beef in with the roasted veggies because of the oil, everything is prepped now , beef is cooked and I don't have to do the vegetables till about 35-40 mins before eating so neither oven or skillet is on right now , I'll see how they turn out I suppose :0)

[gingejbee]

I'd have used two tins, in that case - one with meat, other with oil and veg. in fact, that's what I often do.

[Bobbisox1]

I'm a slave to new kitchen gadgets Ginger :0)))

[bednobs]

eeek you have mash with roast dinner??
I know that doesn't answer your q BTW
I would have thought that skillet even with the lid on wouldn't "roast" the veg as the heat only comes from the bottom presumably?

[Bobbisox1]

Always bednobs, you always ( used) to get it here in pub Sunday lunches ,
I aim to keep turning the veggies, it's trial and error I suppose

[Smowball]

Whats an electric skillet bobbi??

[Bobbisox1]

Probably a posh name for an electric frying pan Smow

[pastafreak]

I saw a few on Amazon.
It's an American thing. I remember my mum having one, and I did too...until I discovered enameled cast iron.

[bednobs]

there is a link above smow

[bednobs]

also wont your beef be stone cold by tea time?

[Bobbisox1]

Was wondering what you meant when you asked if they were still around Pasta :0))

[bednobs]

also still intrigued by roast and mash - is it just a Newcastle area thing? Do you put gravy on it (boke)

[Bobbisox1]

Haha, of course , that's really quite interesting bednobs
I'll slice the beef and when I make the gravy, I put the slices in the hot gravy and place the glass casserole dish in the bottom of a low oven after I've done the Yorkshire's