Recipe - Roast Goose With Garlic Onion And Sage Stuff

===Stuffing===
One fourth cup Unsalted butter
2 small Onions; finely chopped
2 Celery stalks; minced
5 Garlic cloves; chopped
1 pack Cubed herbed stuffing
Mix (14 oz)
5 One half tablespoon Rubbed or ground dried sage
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Dried oregano; crumbled
One half teaspoon Dried thyme; crumbled
One half teaspoon Pepper
One half teaspoon Italian seasoning
2 Eggs; beaten to blend
1 cup Chicken stock OR
Canned broth
===Goose===
1 (12 lb) goose; fat removed
1 Lemon; halved
3 sl Bacon

FOR STUFFING: Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add
onions, celery and garlic and saut‚; until soft, about 8 minutes.
Combine stuffing mixture, sage, salt, oregano, thyme, pepper and Italian
Seasoning in large bowl. Stir in onion mixture and eggs. Add stock and mix
well. Set aside.

FOR GOOSE: Preheat oven to 450F.
Rinse goose inside and out; pat dry, using paper towel. Rub goose inside
and out with halved lemon. Season goose inside and out with salt and
pepper. Fill main cavity and neck cavity loosely with stuffing.
Place any remaining stuffing in small buttered baking dish and cover
with foil.
Run fingers between breast meat and skin to loosen skin. Place bacon
slices under breast skin. Wrap goose in cheesecloth. Place goose on rack
set into large roasting pan.
Roast goose 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350F. Continue roasting until
meat thermometer inserted into thickest part to thigh registers 180F,
basting every 20 minutes with pan juices, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Place stuffing in covered baking dish in oven during last 40 minutes.
Remove cheesecloth. Transfer goose to platter. Pass stuffing separately.
Yield: 6 servings.

Source: Bon Appetit; November, 1991.
Formatted for MC by Sharon F. Klinger, tmvm93b@prodigy.com.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #189 by "Griff" wgriffin@ix.netcom.com on
Jul 22, 1997