Roasting pale malt?

[jonewer]

I was wondering about the possibility of simply roasting some maris otter to generate an alternative to amber or crystal malt.

Is this doo-able or is there some major mashological problem with doing so?

 

[Bru4u]

you can make chocolate malt from roasting pale malt, crystal, no, different malting process.
Do it when the missus is out for a while if applicable, turn over the malt on trays every 20 min, for the life of me I cant remember the temp or time, I think it was around 180-190 deg C for an hour and a bit, just keep checking it to get the colour you desire, tastes lovely.
Bru