Parboil Potatoes Day Before Roasting?

[n30_mkii]

I've seen a couple of recipes which state you can par boil the potatoes, leave to cool and then place in the fridge ready for roasting the next day. I'm looking to get ahead on Xmas eve with some of the roast dinner prep as we have a lot of people coming. Does anyone else do this? Also do you cover them in oil/goose fat prior to putting in the fridge or just leave them as is then add to hot oil the next day?

 

[n30_mkii]

All of the above.

I’ve done it every which way and then and whilst some ways are easier they all work well. A classically French trained chef taught me to just peel them and stick them around the bird with no par boiling and that turned out ace too!

So cover in fat before fridge or without do you recommend?

 

[n30_mkii]

The parboiling part is the least amount of time and effort. The bit that takes forever is peeling and chopping into similar sizes. Which I tend to do the day before and then leave them in water overnight so all they need is parboiling the following day.

Yeah anything to get ahead. Just in cold water in the kitchen or fridge?