cover image Foolproof Roasting Pan: 60 Effortless One-Pan Recipes Packed with Flavour

Foolproof Roasting Pan: 60 Effortless One-Pan Recipes Packed with Flavour

Sue Quinn. Quadrille, $20.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-78713-981-7

Touting oven roasting for both convenience and sealing in flavor, Quinn updates her 2017 Roasting Tray Magic in this collection of 60 breezy recipes. Cooking the spicy cheese and bacon burgers in the oven makes for a “tender, juicy interior.” There are several takes on chicken, including chicken thighs with creamy leek and caper sauce; a range of fish dishes, among them seafood, chorizo, and potato stew with saffron; and a pork belly with smoky beans that roasts for three hours but only takes 15 minutes to prepare. Breakfast standouts include a baked Dutch pancake as an alternative to “endlessly flipping” at the stove and a classic full English breakfast which cleverly calls for successively adding the sausages, bacon, tomatoes, bread, and finally, eggs to the roasting pan. Simplicity is at the fore: a spinach, bacon, and double cheese bake is an easy crustless quiche and chicken fajitas are a “whack-it-all-in-the-tray affair.” Recipes reflect Quinn’s British influences and intros are short and spirited: the polenta cake with blueberries makes “a lovely pudding” and the garlicky mushroom and thyme tartine is a “posh name for loaded toast.” Home cooks looking for easy sheet pan recipes will welcome this slim volume. (Oct.)