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Best way to re-heat a roast dinner?

  • 12-12-2016 11:16am
    #1
    WhyTheFace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭


    Hi,

    What's the best way to re-heat a plate of food (meat, veg, gravy) without the food drying out? Cover in tinfoil and put in oven better than microwave?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    WhyTheFace wrote: »
    Hi,

    What's the best way to re-heat a plate of food (meat, veg, gravy) without the food drying out? Cover in tinfoil and put in oven better than microwave?

    Thanks

    Oven would dry it just as much. Covering in cling film and using microwave would be best as the cling film would steam it more than anything keeping some mouistre present.


    Gravy don't heat anywhere but on the hop in a saucepan. Add a small drop of water to take out the gloopyness.


  • #3
    WhyTheFace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭WhyTheFace


    Atari Jaguar wrote: »
    Oven would dry it just as much. Covering in cling film and using microwave would be best as the cling film would steam it more than anything keeping some mouistre present.


    Gravy don't heat anywhere but on the hop in a saucepan. Add a small drop of water to take out the gloopyness.

    That all makes perfect sense! Thanks :)


  • #4
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    WhyTheFace wrote: »
    That all makes perfect sense! Thanks :)

    No problem - enjoy!

    Also be careful taking of the cling film hands have been burned before!


  • #5
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Oh dear, this brings back memories of coming home late from school in the 70's, and finding my dinner plated up sitting on top of a saucepan of hot water covered in tin foil, dried up gravy and all .... yuk!


  • #6
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Is it already plated? Usually, to reheat the meat and gravy, I slice the meat cold, put it in a pan and cover it with the gravy and then gently heat those together. By the time the gravy is hot, the meat has reheated without drying out.

    Roast potatoes are tricky because the microwave may make them soggy, so again I'd be inclined to go for the oven. Mashed potatoes are easy: heat a knob of butter in a wide pan, add the mash and spread out as much as you can. Keep it moving regularly while you reheat it.


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  • #7
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    Faith wrote: »
    Is it already plated? Usually, to reheat the meat and gravy, I slice the meat cold, put it in a pan and cover it with the gravy and then gently heat those together. By the time the gravy is hot, the meat has reheated without drying out.

    Roast potatoes are tricky because the microwave may make them soggy, so again I'd be inclined to go for the oven. Mashed potatoes are easy: heat a knob of butter in a wide pan, add the mash and spread out as much as you can. Keep it moving regularly while you reheat it.

    Defiantly this if it's not plated! I'm just assuming it is.


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