16 Ritzy Roast Recipes

A standing rib roast on a cutting board with caramelized onions

Standing Rib Roast1/16

Pricey but not pretentious, a standing rib roast is essentially a slab of bone-in rib eye steaks standing on end. You could do worse, eh?

A Dr Pepper glazed ham on a wooden cutting board.

Dr Pepper Glazed Ham2/16

We, too, were startled by the shocker ingredient in this intriguingly sweet, Easter-rific glazed ham. Tasting is believing.

A whole herb stuffed baked salmon filled with bread crumbs and herbs and tied with kitchen twine.

Herb-Stuffed Baked Salmon3/16

A stupendously simple yet superlatively stunning salmon recipe that requires no swimming upstream, we promise.

A pot roast with potatoes and vegetables on a decorative platter with a serving fork on the platter and a napkin on the side.

Easy Pot Roast, Potatoes, and Vegetables4/16

This classic, hearty, homey dish—just like something your grandma used to make but better—is an ideal one-pot meat-and-potatoes meal. Includes oven as well as slow cooker instructions.

A simple roast turkey on a rack set over a roasting pan in the oven.

Simple Roast Turkey5/16

The operative word in this turkey recipe is simple. Although that word doesn't convey how crisp-skinned, monstrously moist, sigh-inducingly tender, and really quite quick this turkey also is.

Jamie Oliver's Sunday roast carved and displayed on a wooden cutting board.

Jamie Oliver’s Sunday Roast6/16

An exceptionally tender roast and crisp-as-can-be roasted potatoes that will make any meal memorable beyond words.

A salt-baked red snapper with all the flesh removed from the bones and a broken salt crust and knife beside the fish skeleton.

Salt-Baked Red Snapper ~ Lubina a la Sel7/16

Bury a whole snapper in a heap of wet salt. Shove it in the oven. Then forget about it. Your reward for so little effort? The sweetest, most tender fish you'll ever experience.

A glazed ham on a cutting board with several slices cut from the end and a carving fork and knife resting beside it.

Glazed Ham8/16

Plonk this brown sugar glazed ham on your holiday table, step back, and listen to the gasped oohs and aahs, accept all manner of accolades, and watch it disappear.

Porchetta9/16

"A beautifully seasoned, boldly spiced, highly aromatic, succulent, handsome chunk of pig." That's what folks are saying about this.

Cutting board with a sliced rack of spring lamb with rosemary, knife, bowl of salad

Spring Lamb with Rosemary10/16

The perfect dish to usher in warm weather. Nothing but rosemary, garlic, salt, pepper, and a tour of duty in the oven.

A roast pork loin with apples and onions scattered around it on a baking sheet.

Roast Pork Loin with Apples and Onions11/16

This pork loin, with its fennel and garlic rub and apples and onions roasted on the same sheet pan, is about to become your new favorite supper salvation.

A whole salmon with roasted dill sauce and lemon halves on a metal baking tray.

Roasted Salmon with Dill Sauce12/16

Stunning in its simplicity, this whole roast salmon makes for a pretty--and pretty impressive--presentation, to say nothing of its super suppleness.

A partially sliced Barefoot Contessa company pot roast on a serving platter, garnished with thyme sprigs.

Ina Garten’s Company Pot Roast13/16

This is what we consider to be the ultimate pot roast for company. (Heck, with two types of booze, it's gotta be good!)

Slow-roasted pork shoulder on a cutting board being sliced by a person, flanked by two stuffed squash halves.

Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder with Stuffed Squash14/16

A long, slow spell in the oven coaxes this lusciously fatty, fat, fat pork roast into supple, aromatic, cider-infused, sigh-inducing submission.

A baked country ham on an oval platter with a knife resting beside it.

Baked Country Ham15/16

One of the South's greatest achievements, baked country ham takes its salty sweet smack from a glaze of mustard, vinegar, and cloves.

A perfectly roasted beef tenderloin with Madeira sauce on the side ion a copper pot

Beef Tenderloin with Madeira Sauce16/16

This no-fuss recipe doesn't ambush you with any trickery. It just delivers you a supple, perfectly cooked roast beef tenderloin napped with a slightly boozy but goof-proof sauce.