The roasted baby needs to be cooked with the skin on so that it releases its fat and helps to make the meat very tender: for this reason, it is also important to say that the cooking times are short because the greatest risk is that the baby cam out the oven too dry. Before baking the baby, it must be covered on the outside (and inside for the bravest) with oil, salt, garlic, and rosemary (aromatic herbs of your choice). The witch knew all this very well, so she gorged Hansel every day with the hope of making him fat properly and then cooking it on New Year's Eve day.