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Do you just pull out your Roasting Pan for the holidays? Imagine the time you'll save -- the meat is cooked, the recipes are planned and on busy nights you just tie it together. Here's how:

Trio of Roasted Meats
1 whole chicken 3-4 pounds
1 boneless pork roast 3-4 pounds
1 boneless beef roast 3-4 pounds
olive oil
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken cavity. Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry with paper towels. Tie ends of legs together with cotton string. Lift wing tips up toward neck; then tuck under back of chicken. Place chicken crosswise, breast side up, on center of Rack in Roasting Pan.

Place pork and beef roasts on either side of chicken. Brush with olive oil using a pastry brush. Season with salt and black pepper. Bake 1 hour, 45 mins. to 2 hours. All three roasts, when close in weight, will reach the appropriate temperature and be done at the same time.
Chicken: 180 degrees in the thickest part of the thigh and juices run clear.
Pork: 160 for medium
Beef: 145 degrees for medium rare

Remove Roasting Pan from oven; let meats stand 10 mins. before carving. Remove meats from pan using Meat Lifters. Prepare gravy:

Pan drippings
3-4 cups chicken or beef broth
1/2 cup all purpose flour

Pour drippings into large measuring cup (4 cup capacity) and remove 1/4 cup fat from drippings; return this fat to Roasting Pan. Discard remaining fat from drippings. Add chicken or beef broth to drippings in measuring cup to measure 4 cups of liquid.

Position Roasting Pan over front and back burners of cooktop. Whisk flour into fat using nylon whisk until smooth. Gradually add drippings, whisking until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until gravy comes to a boil. Cook 2-4 mins. or until thickened. Season with salt & pepper to taste. Carefully pour gravy into serving bowl.

Gravey can be frozen after it cools. Freeze it separately from teh meat to prevent meat from getting too soft during thawing. Place gravy in an air tight freezer container, and it can be frozen 3 to 6 months. When ready to use, thaw overnight in the refrigerator. The gravy will go well with all three meats.

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