How To Make Roasted Wild Goose
Fancy up dinners with this wild goose recipe for an elegant dish! A whole goose is filled with a fruity stuffing and wrapped with bacon for a crisp bite.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12lbswhole goose,(1 whole), skinned
- 2butter sticks,cold, cut into small pieces
- 1½cupsfresh cranberries
- ½cupraisins
- 1large orange,with peel, chopped
- 1medium onion,chopped
- 1large apple,peeled, cored and quartered
- 1tspdried sage
- 1tspdried tarragon
- 1tspdried basil
- 1tspgarlic,or to taste, minced
- 1bay leaf,broken into pieces
- salt and ground black pepper,to taste
- 1lbbacon
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Rinse and pat the goose dry.
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Place the cold butter in a large bowl and add cranberries, raisins, orange, onion, apple, sage, tarragon, basil, garlic, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Mix well using hands until a large ball of butter and fruit is formed.
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Stuff the ball of butter into the body cavity of the goose. Close the cavity and tie the drumsticks together with kitchen twine. Sew the cavity shut, if desired.
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Place 2 large layers of foil on a work surface. Make a bed of bacon slices in the center of the foil by placing 4 or 5 slices side by side. Lay the goose on top, breast-side up.
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Cover the breast and legs with remaining bacon. Bring the foil up and fold, sealing in the bird, leaving a small space around the bird for air circulation. Place the foil-covered bird into a roasting pan.
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Roast in the preheated oven for 3 to 4 hours until no longer pink in the center. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the largest part of the thigh should read 180 degrees F.
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Remove from the oven, leave the bird breast-side down, and let rest for 15 minutes. Turn the bird breast-side up and let rest for 10 minutes.
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Open the foil pouch very carefully. Remove and discard all stuffing and transfer the bird to a serving platter.
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Slice, carve, and serve, or serve whole and carve at the table. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 2430.67kcal
- Fat: 219.54g
- Saturated Fat: 70.93g
- Trans Fat: 0.80g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 109.42g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 24.14g
- Carbohydrates: 16.15g
- Fiber: 2.79g
- Sugar: 9.95g
- Protein: 93.14g
- Cholesterol: 513.98mg
- Sodium: 1605.20mg
- Calcium: 102.62mg
- Potassium: 1944.92mg
- Iron: 14.37mg
- Vitamin A: 256.27µg
- Vitamin C: 36.99mg
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