371. Roast Goose

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 120 min Total: 120 min
Status
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Ingredients (11)
stuffing
roasting
basting
Instructions (13)
  1. Peel and cut six middle-sized onions in rather small dice.
  2. Put the diced onions in a pan with two ounces of butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter teaspoonful of pepper, a little grated nutmeg and sugar, and six leaves of fresh sage chopped fine.
  3. Put the pan on the fire and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a pulp.
  4. Have the goose ready trussed as under.
  5. Stuff the goose with the onion mixture whilst hot.
  6. Tie the skin of the neck to the back.
  7. Pass the spit through the goose.
  8. Roast the goose for two hours before a moderate fire.
  9. Baste the goose the same as turkey (No. 355).
  10. Ensure the goose has a nice yellow color.
  11. Remove the goose from the spit.
  12. Take off the string.
  13. Serve with half a pint of good brown gravy under and apple-sauce in a boat.
Original Text
371. Roast Goose.—Peel and cut in rather small dice six middle-sized onions, put in a pan, with two ounces of butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter ditto of pepper, a little grated nutmeg and sugar, six leaves of fresh sage chopped fine, put on fire, stir with wooden spoon till in pulp, then have the goose ready trussed as under, and stuff it whilst hot, tie the skin of the neck to the back, pass the spit through and roast two hours before a moderate fire; baste the same as turkey (No. 355), give a nice yellow color, remove it from the spit, take off the string, and serve with half a pint of good brown gravy under and apple-sauce in a boat.
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