Best Roast Goose With Juniper Sauce Recipes

ROAST GOOSE WITH JUNIPER BERRY SAUCE AND CHESTNUT CUSTARD

Steps:

• Place goose in an oiled roasting pan. Season goose, inside and out with salt and pepper. Inside goose, place thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, half a head of garlic and juniper berries. Roast in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, depending on size of goose (14 minutes per pound). During that time, peel and cut the vegetables in cubes of 1 to 1 1/2 inches, and set aside. Baste the goose with its own fat every 10 minutes. 45 minutes before the goose is done, remove the excess fat from the pan and add the vegetables and half a head of garlic.
• Roast the bones in a 350 degree oven for 35 minutes. When half done, add the vegetables and roast together. In the last 5 minutes, add the tomato paste. Remove from the oven and transfer to pot and cover with water (or chicken stock if available). De-glaze, with red wine, the pan in which the bones had been roasted, reduce 50 percent and add to the stock. Crush the juniper berries on a cutting board with the bottom of a sauce pot, add to the stock with the thyme, rosemary, bay leaf and garlic, simmer 1 1/2 hours. Strain into a saucepan and reduce gravy to a fine chinois consistency (when it coats the back of a spoon). Finish by whisking in butter, add gin, salt and pepper and reserve in a hot bain marie (double boiler).
• Mix all the ingredients, starting with the cream and finishing with diced chestnuts. Butter 8 small dariol molds and divide the mixture between them. Cook in a bain marie (double boiler) in a preheated 325 degree oven for 20 minutes. Cool for a few minutes before un-molding onto the serving platter with the goose and the roast vegetables.

ROAST GOOSE

Steps:

• Place the honey, vinegar, and water in a pot large enough to hold the goose, submerged. Bring the liquid to the boil and add the raw goose to the pot. Return to the boil, reduce the heat and cook the goose at a strong simmer for 20 minutes to render some of the grease as well as begin to tenderize the normally chewy bird. Remove the goose from the liquid and allow to cool at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes, or until cool enough to handle.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prick the goose skin all around the carcass. Season the cavity with half of the salt and pepper, add the herbs, onion and garlic. Truss the legs and season the outside of the goose with the remaining salt and pepper and the olive oil.
• Preheat a heavy roasting pan for 10 minutes. Place the goose, breast side down, on a rack in the roasting pan and roast in the oven, skimming the fat and reserving it for another use, for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Turn the goose breast side up and roast, basting it with pan juices and skimming the fat, for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours more, or until the juices run clear when the fleshy part of the thigh is pricked with a fork and a meat thermometer inserted in the fleshy part of the thigh registers 165 degrees.
• Transfer the goose to a platter, remove the trussing string, and keep the goose warm, covered loosely with foil. Skim off all but 1/4 cup of fat from the pan juices, add the flour, and cook the roux over moderately low heat, stirring, until it has browned slightly. Add the stock in a stream, whisking, and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and strain the gravy into a heated sauceboat.

ROAST GOOSE WITH APPLES

Steps:

• If your goose is frozen, place in the refrigerator 24-48 hours before roasting to thoroughly defrost. Remove the goose from the refrigerator and leave at room temperature for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove the neck and giblets, rinse goose thoroughly with cold running water, and pat dry with paper towels. Trim as much of the access fat as possible from the opening of the cavity.
• With the point of a sharp knife, prick the skin all over the goose, making sure not to pierce the flesh at all. Fold the neck flap under the body of the goose, and pin the flap down with a wooden toothpick. Generously sprinkle the cavity with salt and pepper, and insert the garlic, apple, onion, shallots, thyme, sage and bay leaf. Tie the legs together with a piece of kitchen twine. Sprinkle the outside of the goose with salt and pepper, and place in a shallow roasting pan (breast side up). Carefully pour the water into the pan (this will prevent the grease that drips into the pan from burning).
• Roast the goose in the oven until it turns a golden brown, about one hour. Every 30 minutes or so, use a baster to remove the grease from the pan. After 1 hour of roasting, reduce the heat to 325 degrees . Roast until the goose is very well browned all over and an instant read thermometer inserted into a breast (not touching the bone) reads 180 degrees (about 1 hour after reducing the heat).
• Remove the goose from the oven and place on a platter. Allow it to rest for 15-20 minutes before serving. Dress with apples and herbs, if desired.

ROASTED CHRISTMAS GOOSE

Steps:

• Place goose in a large pot. Add water to cover and stir in the sea salt. Refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Remove goose from water and drain well. Remove all innards and trim excess fat from the tail. Rub inside cavity with lemon juice. Place apple, potato, orange and celery inside the body cavity. Truss the bird like a turkey.
• Place the goose in the preheated 450 degree F oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Cook 20 to 25 minutes per pound. Baste the goose every half hour with the Basting Syrup.
• Carve goose and serve with Stuffing and Cumberland sauce.
• Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coarsely chop the chestnuts and put in a large bowl. Add the stuffing mix, raisins, celery, apple, onion and salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Pour in the chicken stock, butter and cream and mix until evenly moistened.
• Transfer to a baking dish and bake until the top is browned and crisp, about 1 hour.
• In a saucepan, combine the stock, port, vinegar, shallots, peppercorns and orange juice. Bring to a boil, cook until reduced by 2/3, about 25 minutes. Strain and refrigerate. Serve cold over roast goose.

OLD-FASHIONED CRISPY ROAST GOOSE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
• Trim the goose. With a sharp knife, cut away excess fat and skin that hangs at both ends of the goose. Trim thoroughly. Fat can be discarded or used to render goose fat.
• Salt the cavity and prick thoroughly with a fork on both sides of the bird (25 to 30 pricks). Make sure to prick through the skin and subcutaneous fat only; do not prick the flesh of the goose.
• Place the goose on a rack set in a large roasting pan. Place the pan in the oven and roast the goose at 250 degrees F. After 1 hour, prick the goose thoroughly on one side and turn it over, and prick thoroughly on the other side. Continue to roast with the newly turned side up. Repeat this procedure every hour.
• After 4 hours of roasting, prick and turn once again. Increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Continue roasting, pricking, and turning once for an additional 75 minutes.
• When the goose is done, let it sit for 15 minutes before carving. Season well with salt and pepper before serving.

GOOSE - ROAST PORT GLAZED GOOSE WITH TAWNY PORT GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine 1/2 cup of the onions, celery, bell pepper, 1 teaspoon of the salt& 1/4 teaspoon of the cayenne in a mixing bowl.
• Remove the neck& giblets& set aside.
• Remove any excess fat around the opening of the cavity of the goose.
• Prick other fatty areas with a fork at intervals.
• Do not prick the breast.
• Stuff the cavity of the goose with vegetable mixture.
• Season the outside of the goose with the remaining teaspoon of salt, black pepper, garlic powder& tarragon.
• Place the goose in a large roasting pan& roast in oven, uncovered, for 1 hour& 45 minutes, or until drumsticks& thighs are easy to remove.
• Combine the remaining 1/2 cup of onion, carrots, bay leaves& port wine in a medium size sauce pan over medium heat& bring to a boil.
• Continue cooking over medium heat until the mixture thickens& reduces to about 1/2 cup, about 30 minutes.
• Strain through a fine mesh strainer& allow to cool.
• Using a pastry brush, glaze the goose with the port wine reduction,& return to the oven for 5 minutes to allow the glaze to caramelize& set.
• Remove from the oven& allow to rest for 20 minutes before carving.
• Serve with the Port Gravy.
• FOR THE TAWNY PORT GRAVY: In a large sauce pan, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add the giblets& neck,& brown, stirring, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the onions, celery, carrots, salt, pepper, bay leaves& thyme& cook, stirring often, for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the flour& stir to combine.
• Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes.
• Add the wine, bring to a boil,& cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes.
• Add the water& bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium& simmer for about 1 hour.
• Remove from the heat& strain into a clean container& keep warm until ready to serve.
• This yields about 2 cups of gravy.

ROAST GOOSE WITH MLINZI

Steps:

• Roll and bake mlinzi, page 20, a day or two in advance, and store in a dry place to keep them crisp.
• The night before roasting, open up the goose, remove the giblets and neck if packed inside, and remove the lumps of fat from the main and neck cavities (save the fat for rendering, or discard). Rinse the bird thoroughly in cool running water, washing any residue from the cavity. Rinse the giblets as well, and pat everything dry with paper towels. Rub salt all over the goose, and sprinkle some in the cavity, using about 2 tablespoons in all. Set the goose on the wire rack in the roasting pan, breast up, and put it uncovered in the refrigerator to dry overnight. Wrap and refrigerate the neck and giblets.
• The next day, remove the goose from the refrigerator an hour or two before roasting and let it come to room temperature. Arrange a rack in the lower part of the oven, and heat to 425˚.
• Put the bay leaves and rosemary branches in the cavity of the bird. With the breast up, twist and fold the long wing tips under the wing joints, so they're wedged tightly against the back. Bring the legs together, crossing the ends of the drumsticks, and wrap with kitchen twine. Loop the twine under the goose tail and tighten to close the cavity, then knot securely. Drizzle the olive oil over the breast and sides of the bird. Prick the skin of the goose all over with the point of a trussing needle or skewer, to speed draining of fat.
• Roast the goose for 30 minutes to melt and drain body fat, then remove the pan carefully and lower the oven to 350˚. Lift out the wire rack with the goose, and set it on a carving platter or baking sheet. Pour the hot fat from the roasting pan into a large can or milk carton (you'll collect nearly a quart of fat by the end of roasting).
• Put the rack with the bird back in the pan, and spread the vegetable chunks and chopped porcini around it. Nestle the goose neck and giblets, including the liver, in with the chunks, scatter in the juniper berries, and sprinkle another tablespoon salt over the vegetables. Pour 3 cups of the broth into the side of the pan, partly submerging the vegetables and giblets. Cover the goose with a tent of heavy aluminum foil, arched so it doesn't touch the skin, and crimp the foil tight against the sides of the roasting pan. Return the pan to the oven.
• Roast the covered bird for an hour, then remove the foil tent. If the vegetables are still only partly submerged in liquid, continue roasting uncovered. If more accumulated fat has completely covered the vegetables, carefully pull out the oven rack and spoon off as much fat as you can, removing it to a fat separator, if you have one, or a heat-proof cup. Return the goose to the oven, and continue to roast uncovered. (When the liquid you just removed has settled, discard the fat and pour the recovered broth back into the roasting pan.) After another hour, when the breast is nicely caramelized, dark, and crisp, check for doneness with a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the thigh (without touching a bone). When it reads 170˚ or above, you can safely take the goose from the oven (it will continue to cook as it rests). If the goose needs more roasting and the breast is already quite dark, cover it loosely with foil. If the opposite is true-that the meat is done but the breast is not caramelized-turn up the heat to darken it quickly.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water with 1 1/2 tablespoons salt to a boil for the pasta.
• When the goose is perfectly roasted, remove it, still on the rack, to the carving platter. Cover it loosely with the foil tent, and keep in a warm spot.
• To make the sauce, transfer the neck and giblets (but not the liver) from the roasting pan to a medium saucepan. Hold back the vegetable chunks and goose liver in the roasting pan as you empty all the liquid through a sieve set over a large measuring container or bowl (a 1-quart fat separator is ideal). Put the liver and vegetables (including any caught in the sieve) in a potato masher, and crush them directly into the saucepan.
• When the strained roasting-liquid fat has separated, discard the fat, and pour the juices into the saucepan. Add enough fresh hot broth to make a total of at least 6 cups of liquid. Use some of the additional broth to deglaze any caramelization left in the roasting pan, and add that to the saucepan, as well as the juices the resting goose will release.
• Bring the sauce liquid to a boil and cook, partly covered, for 20 minutes or so, to extract flavor and concentrate the broth. When reduced to about 5 cups and slightly thickened, turn off the heat. Taste, and season with more salt and freshly ground black pepper as needed. Pour 3 cups of the sauce into a big skillet to dress the mlinzi, and keep the rest to pass later at the table.
• Meanwhile, for the mlinzi: Break all the baked pasta sheets into irregular shards, 2 to 3 inches wide, and pile them in a large bowl or tray. (If you have youngsters around, they will be happy to assist with the snapping and cracking.)
• When the goose has rested at least 20 minutes and the sauce is almost ready, drop the mlinzi into the pot of boiling water. Stir well, cover, and cook about 3 minutes, until soft and floppy but still al dente. Lift the mlinzi out with a spider, drain, and spill on top of the sauce in the big skillet. Toss and tumble the pasta for a couple of minutes over medium heat, until cooked through and saturated with sauce. Turn off the heat, drizzle the 1/4 cup olive oil over all, scatter on the grated cheese, then toss. Keep warm while you carve the goose.
• Carve the goose at the table (or, if you have a good carver among your guests, call on him or her). Goose joints are tricky to find, lower down than on other birds, and notoriously tight, but just pry the limbs open. Otherwise, carve as you would a chicken. Serve with the dressed mlinzi, steaming hot, and pass the extra sauce around.

ROAST GOOSE WITH CITRUS AND HERBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500.
• Remove giblets and neck from goose.
• Remove excess fat from main cavity of goose.
• Rinse goose inside and out with cold water.
• Pat dry with paper towels.
• Combine thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper in small bowl.
• Place goose, breast side down on a rack in a roasting pan.
• Sprinkle goose with half of herb mixture.
• Place orange and lime wedges in cavity of goose.
• Turn goose so that breast side is up.
• Sprinkle remaining herbs over goose.
• Roast goose 1 hour.
• Turn off oven (do not open oven door) and let goose stand in oven 45 minutes (thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh will register 180.) Remove goose from oven; cover and let rest 10 minutes.
• Slice and serve.