On Nov 11, 4:10*pm, Wayne Boatwright >
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> On Tue 11 Nov 2008 04:19:05p, *told us...
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> > *I've always had a double oven at home, but I'm visiting my sister and
> > she's only got one oven.
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> > So I want to make a roast for dinner, with roasted potatoes. The roast
> > has to cook at 375 for about an hour, and the potatoes need to
> > roast/bake (whatever you want to call it) at 450 for about 45 min to 1
> > hour (to get them nice and crispy)
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> > Here's my dilemma. *If I cook the roast first and then the potatoes,
> > the roast will be cold by the time the potatoes are done. And if I
> > make the potatoes first, same problem.
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> > I've never understood this - how do you do it if you have just one
> > oven?
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> > Cathy
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> Cook the potatoes along with the roast at 375 degrees. *When the roast is
> done, let it rest loosely covered in a warm place for 30 minutes while you
> crank the oven up to 500 degrees to crisp up the potatoes.
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> *Most* people don’t have double ovens, so this is a fairly common practice.
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Best idea yet!