helpful cooking information
ROASTING
Roasting is dry heat cooking (as opposed to boiling, for example) It is suggested for poultry and tender cuts of beef, lamb, pork and veal Always place the meat with the fat side up for self.basting
OVEN ROASTING TIPS
RACK ARRANGEMENT _ Before fixing your meat, ar- range the oven racks
ROASTING PAN w Use a shallow, open pan with the meat on a rack that fits the size of the roast. A pan that's too small will allow your roast to drip over the edge. Too large a pan results in more oven spatter. You can cut down spatter by lining the bottom of the roasting pan with lightly crushed aluminum foil ROASTING WITH FOIL
Place
FOIL ROASTING TENT
alIows oven air to move around under foil Sealing the foit will tend to steam the meat
OVEN TEMPERATURE
tenderness, see the chart for suggested oven temper. tures
MEAT THERMOMETER
MEAT THERMOMETER
JUDGING DONENESS _ To get a correct reading when using a meat thermometer move it up and down t/2'"or so (see illust.). Roasts will be easier to carve if you let them set for 10 to 20 minutes after removing from oven For standing roasts, remove from the oven when the thermometer registers 5 ° to 10 ° tower that the preferred aloneness as meat wilt continue to cook afte_ removal
ROASTING CHART
Kind of Meat | Approx. |
Weight | |
| (Jbs_) |
BEEF
Oven
Temperature
(degrees F,_)
| Suggested |
| Cooking |
Internal | Time Per Lb. |
Temperature | (minutes) |
(degrees F.) | (rare to well) |
standing | rib | 325 | 140 | (rare). | 160 | (reed). | 170 (weil) | ||||
rolted | rump | 325 | 140 | (rare). | 160 | (reed), | 170 (well) | ||||
sirloin | tip | 325 | 140 (rareL | 160 (reed) | 170 (well) | ||||||
VEAL |
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| 325 |
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| 170 |
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leg |
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roiled | shoulder | 325 |
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| 170 |
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PORK, | FRESH | 350 |
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picnic | shoulder |
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| 170 |
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leg |
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| 350 |
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| 170 |
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PORK, SMOKED | 10- 14 | 325 |
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| 160 |
| 18- 20 | ||||
Ham, | to cook before |
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eating | * | whole |
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HAM |
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fully | cooked | 325 |
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| 140 |
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Canadian | bacon | 325 |
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LAMB | leg |
| 325 |
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| 175- | 180 |
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POULTRY |
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chicken |
| 2Y2- 3Y2 | 350_375 |
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Cornish | hen | 1 | 350 |
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duck |
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| 350 |
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turkey |
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| 325 |
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