373. Goose roasted (another way)

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (12)
for stuffing
for roasting
for gravy
Instructions (14)
  1. Prepare the goose the day previous to using.
  2. Cut three cloves of garlic into four pieces each and place inside the goose.
  3. Stuff the goose as follows: boil four apples, four onions, four leaves of sage not broken, and four leaves of lemon-thyme not broken in sufficient water to cover them.
  4. When done, pulp the boiled ingredients through a sieve, removing the sage and thyme.
  5. Add sufficient pulp of mealy potatoes to cause the stuffing to be dry enough not to stick to the hand.
  6. Add pepper and salt to the stuffing.
  7. Stuff the bird, having previously removed the garlic.
  8. Tie the neck and rump of the goose.
  9. Spit the goose.
  10. Paper the breast of the goose.
  11. Place the goose at the fire.
  12. Remove the paper from the breast after it has been at the fire for twenty minutes.
  13. Continue roasting until done.
  14. Serve the goose plain with a thickened gravy.
Original Text
373. Goose roasted (another way).—Having the goose ready the day previous to using, take three cloves of garlic, which cut into four pieces each and place inside the goose, and stuff it as follows; take four apples, four onions, four leaves of sage not broken, four leaves of lemon-thyme not broken, and boil in a stewpan with sufficient water to cover them; when done, pulp them through a sieve, removing the sage and thyme, then add sufficient pulp of mealy potatoes to cause it to be sufficiently dry without sticking to the hand, add pepper and salt, and stuff the bird, having previously removed the garlic, tie the neck and rump, and spit it, paper the breast, which remove after it has been at the fire for twenty minutes; when done, serve it plain with a thickened gravy.
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