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■ Why make the same old sides when you can make THESE? Today we’re putting three absolute bangers on your holiday table: crazy-crispy roast potatoes, a ridiculously creamy French onion-style orzo, and a cheesy cauliflower bake that always disappears first.
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00:00 Cold Open – 3 Sides for Your Holiday Table
00:04 Intro – If You Only Make 3 Sides, Make These
00:17 Any Holiday, Same Need: Great Sides
00:26 Cauliflower Cheese, French Onion Orzo & Duck Fat Potatoes Overview
01:39 Cauliflower Cheese Starts – Breaking Down the Cauliflower
02:19 Florets on Sheet Pan – Oil, Salt & Pepper
02:48 Into the Oven – Roasting the Cauliflower
02:56 Shredding the Cheddar (Onion & Chive)
03:19 Why Flavored Cheddar = Free Extra Flavor
03:43 Cheese Sauce Begins – Butter, Flour, Milk
04:49 Seasoning the Sauce – Dijon & Garlic Powder
05:17 Stirring, Thickening, Adding Cheese
05:29 Roasted Cauliflower Tossed in Cheese Sauce
05:53 Into Baking Dish, More Cheese & Parmesan on Top
06:10 Bake Time – Covered & Uncovered
06:25 Finished Cauliflower Cheese + Crispy Onion Topping
06:46 Tasting the Cauliflower Cheese (Cauliflower Haters Converted)
07:09 French Onion Orzo Intro + Graza Olive Oil Ad
09:00 Onions for Orzo – Slicing & Into the Pot
09:39 Long Caramelize – Seasoning & Patience
10:00 Garlic & Vermouth In
10:14 Toasting the Orzo in the Onions
10:21 Add Liquids – Broth, Water, Worcestershire & Thyme
10:32 Simmer Until Tender & Reduced
10:49 Gruyère on Top & Under the Broiler
10:57 Finished French Onion Orzo Reveal & Taste Test
11:36 Duck Fat Roast Potatoes – Yukon Gold Prep
11:43 Peeling & Cutting Even Pieces into Cold Water
12:14 Boiling to Soften Edges (Parboil Stage)
12:31 Drain, Rough Up Potatoes & Cornstarch Trick
13:09 Into Hot Duck Fat – First Roast
14:13 Halfway Flip, Seasoning & More Time in Oven
14:46 Final Potatoes – Crispy Outside, Fluffy Inside
15:04 Tasting the “World’s Greatest” Potatoes
15:13 Wrap-Up – Three Holiday-Perfect Sides
15:31 Outro – Make Them (Even Just for You) & Subscribe
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47 Comments
I mixed orange and yellow cheddars. Just to be different.
Gotta say, the cauliflower cheese is really good. I told my wife I was making cauliflower but she didn't expect this. Wife approved. 👍
Man.. there is no extra virgin… Vergin olive oil is firt presss… Wtf is extra virgin be fore pressing?
The fact you didn't make a hollindaise pun how can you call yourself a dad
You're supposed to melt the butter not break the butter Sam, smh… Thanks for the vid looks yummy : ]
Yorkshire pudding. Every time.
Careful, if you say "duck fat" too many times, John Wick will come and shoot you in the face.
negative commentary is bad…just sayin man
a little pot is ok a lot of pot is also ok lol im doin the same and eating my own food as well lol
What the hell is that bowl he cooked the cauliflower in?
I've. been putting cheese sauce on Brussel sprouts for years
Hey, look. I don't think enough people give respect to the editing. Great work!
California love!!! Socal best 🙂 take care Sam
As coloured person from south African I was laughing at cauliflower and white sauce, cheese dish because it's a normal Sunday lunch dish…. My Gramps was Henry Francis Fynn he had seventeen Black wives, Dick King my other Gramps had sixteen Black wives, so traditional English food is so normal to us.
Pasta…pronounced passta. Italians don’t pronounce it parsta.
Is that a Scotsman ice maker? I don't know why I comment, you never respond…
Imagine someday Max points the camera down to the ground and there's just years of spilled seasonings in a pile hahaa
We have roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese every Sunday with our Yorkshire puddding and other veg . With waiter roast beef . Road pork or roast chicken. Love from Scotland . 🏴
I’m with ya on the late night pancake & egg. Oh, & I shave weird, as well. 😂🤣😂
Dust the par-boiled potatoes with semolina, rather than corn starch.
I wasn't a huge fan of the first two dishes but then Sam said the two magic words, "fried potatoes." 😋 I knew Sam wouldn't let me down.
Just great
talk about chance
Brit here that has lived in the US for many years now. Loved the recipes, especially the orzo. I am a convert of French onion soup (which I first tried not long after moving to the US) so the orzo could be a winner. Now on to the two British staples. Cauliflower cheese was the first thing I ever cooked – at secondary (high) school at the age of 11. Hated cauliflower at the time. But with the passage of time I've grown to like it. Hey anything covered in cheese sauce is a winner. Now on to the roasties. Yes, Americans do not have roast potatoes in their repertoire (much as they don't have Heinz baked beans believe it or not). We cook these up for Thanksgiving when friends invite us over, and they go down a treat. Duck fat or goose fat is rather gourmet in my opinion (but absolutely nothing wrong with that). We used to recycle old cooking oil to use with the roast potatoes – the "economy" version of the dish. Roast potatoes are a game changer for any American that hasn't tried them. Far superior to mashed potato.
What is that black cookware?
I remember when this channel was good…
As always great video and new ideas… My only question is what brand of cooking vessels you used in this video and where to buy them… They look amazing and you can take it to the table and serve from them
rabbits can't have dairy Max, they're literally intolerant of lactose… 3:18
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Hey salmon pizza guy, get fucked this holiday
My husband will sit and eat just cauli cheese as a meal. Try it with parma and Lancashire cheese added too or any cheese you like.
Great, you have no words.👌
6:29 Maybe some chives for additional color. Either way, looks delicious!
Bought some Graza "Sizzle" last week at Costco and OMG it is worth the hype. Best olive oil I've ever used! So much aroma and flavor!
F*ck the cauliflower but I'm totally down with the rest.
At 5:35, same as me, almost always. When are they gonna invent the cookie sheet that lets you empty the contents into a bowl? And while I'm at it, how does one eliminate the cookie sheet that pops/warps in the oven? Throw it away? Anyway, thanks for posting. I might try one of these next year.
Roasties and cauliflower cheese 😋😋😋😋
I think you got the recipe wrong on your website for the cauliflower. 6 tablespoons of butter and 6 tablespoons of flour just turned into a glob in my pot. Lol, teaspoons maybe?
Screw the members only shit. I'm done with you.
Where did you get the pans you used?
OK, so I have now made both the French onion orzo and the roasted potatoes. I had to use the tallow, but these potatoes are freaking amazing! I never want to make them any other way. Thank you!
I was thinking of serving the orzo with pork. What sauce should I make for the pork?
I don't trust olive oil in plastic bottles.
Cauliflower cheese going international.
An upgrade to the cauliflower cheese…. Bacon and spring onion (or green onion as you call it)
I use diced smoked bacon lardons or pancetta. In a pan on low heat to render the fat until starting to brown. Add sliced spring onions until soft and then add the butter and flour and continue as normal
Sides are not the devil. Sides are essential for the civilized. We want variety with our meal. Cannot eat cauliflower. It's disgusting and should be banished off the face of the earth. The cheese sauce looks sumptuous. The French Onion Orzo looks amazing. I've never heard of this. I'll make this. A New Fan! Merry Christmas!
Made the cauliflower for Christmas dinner, it was amazing! Thank you!
Yeah cauli cheese, you can make it into a full dinner so easily, Add some brocolli to the bake (or steam both veg), boil some robust pasta – penne or similar, until al-dente. Toss it all in the cheese sause – add a can of tuna or two – and top with sliced tomatos and more cheese. Bake until lovely – maybe 20 mins in an air fryyer or 30 mins in the regular oven.