Roast Goose and Stuffing

Title:
Roast Goose and Stuffing

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Two,
Fat,
Ladies




Ingredients:





    50    Prunes


          Earl grey tea


   1/4 pt Dry vermouth


   3/4    Goose stock; (made from the


          -neck and giblets)


     1 oz Butter


     4    Shallots; finely chopped


          Goose liver blanched; finely


          -chopped


   1/4 pt Port


     4 oz Pate de foie gras; or


          -similar


     3 tb Fresh bread crumbs


     1    Pinches allspice and thyme


          Salt and freshly ground


          -black pepper


     1    Oven-ready goose; (10 pound)






 Make sure you have a good-sized roasting tin to fit the goose and a grid to


 place under it. Preheat the oven to Gas 7, 425F, 218C. You can make the


 stuffing in advance. Soak the prunes in hot tea (Earl Grey) until soft,


 stone them and drain, or get pre-stoned ones - easier. Place prunes,


 vermouth and stock in a saucepan, bring to the boil, then simmer for ten


 minutes until tender. Strain but reserve the liquid. Melt the butter in a


 little pan and gently fry the shallots and liver for a couple of minutes,


 stirring all the while. Place in a mixing-bowl which will hold all the


 ingredients. Boil the port in the same pan until reduced to two


 tablespoons, scrape round the sides and add to the liver mixture. Beat the


 pate, bread crumbs, allspice and thyme together and combine thoroughly with


 the rest. Season with salt and a good quantity of the pepper. Stir in the


 prunes. Put the goose in the sink and pour a kettle of boiling water over


 it. This ensures a good, crisp skin. Remove and dry with kitchen towels.


 Salt the cavity and fill loosely with the stuffing, then sew up the vent.


 Prick the skin all over but not the flesh. Place on the grid in the


 roasting pan and roast breastside up for 15 minutes. Lower heat to Gas 4,


 350F, 177C, turn the goose onto its side. Halfway through, turn onto the


 other side, then for the last 15 minutes onto its back again. Throughout


 the cooking, baste every 20 minutes with three tablespoons of boiling water


 and remove the fat from the pan into a bowl. The easiest way to perform


 both these operations is with a bulb baster. The whole cooking time should


 be 2 1/2 hours. Test by piercing the thickest part of the thigh: the juices


 should run pale yellow.


 


 When ready, the goose should be put on a very hot dish. Pour off the


 remaining fat from the roasting pan and make the gravy from the reserved


 prune liquid, adding it to the residual juices in the pan. Bring to the


 boil and simmer for a few minutes, adjust the seasoning, strain into a


 sauce boat and hand round separately.


 


 Recipe by: TWO FAT LADIES  #FLSP01


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1001 by Sue 
on Jan 10,


 1998