How to Roast Vegetables

Lesson Goals

Roasting is an effortless way to cook vegetables. All you need is just a bit of salt, pepper, oil and a hot oven and you can transform nearly any vegetable into something intensely-sweet with a caramelized exterior and a soft, moist interior.

When cooked properly and to the right doneness, roasted vegetables not only look beautiful, they have a delicious and earthy flavor that pairs well with almost any dish.

In this lesson, you will learn how roasting affects vegetables. You will also learn how to prepare vegetables for roasting, how to roast vegetables, test vegetables for doneness and how to finish and serve roasted vegetables.

At the end of this cooking school lesson, you will be able to:

• understand how roasting affects vegetables
• prepare vegetables for roasting
• roast and test vegetables for doneness
• finish and serve roasted vegetables

Prerequisites

None