Defrost 4 bird roast or not?

glen25 · 05-12-2012 10:43AM #1

I'm having dinner for the inlaws Saturday night and was thinking of doing the Aldi 4 bird roast and maybe a roast duck. Both of these are bought frozen in Aldi. Anyone know if these are cooked from frozen or need to be defrosted? I'll have to shop on Friday night instead of Saturday if they need to be defrosted.. And I really want to put up the Xmas tree instead of shopping on Friday evening!!
Thanks..

moceri · 05-12-2012 10:48AM

They need to be defrosted.

They can be purchased on Thursday and left to defrost in the fridge.
Up to 3 or 4 days in the fridge will be ok prior to cooking.

glen25 · 05-12-2012 10:51AM

Thanks for the quick reply Moceri. I'll do the shopping Thursday evening instead!!

glen25 · 13-12-2012 05:45PM

In case anyone is interested, the 4 bird roast from Aldi was really good. Everyone loved it. I didn't use the glaze that came with it cos we had a glazed ham too. Will definitely buy again

vibe666 · 27-12-2012 05:27PM

I cooked one of these last night and was actually very happy with how it came out, very tasty and moist & juicy.

also as an FYI for anyone thinking of getting one, it CAN (and should) actually be cooked from frozen (it's written on the back of the box recommended to be cooked from frozen), you just need to add an extra 30 minutes to the cooking time versus the defrosted cooking times, so 3 hours instead of 2.5 hours at 200 degrees C in a fan assisted oven.

it came out very nice anyway, i just cooked it through and then covered it in the glaze at the end and whacked it back under the grill for a few minutes and it was lovely.

Defrost 4 bird roast or not?

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