Steam Roasted Goose Food

STEAM-ROASTED GOOSE

Steps:

• For a 9 1/2-to-11-pound roaster goose serving 8 to 10. Use essentially the same system as for duck (see page 56), but give it a trussing by running a skewer through the carcass at the shoulder to secure the wings in place, and another through the hips to secure the legs, then tie the drumstick ends together against the tailpiece. To aid in fat removal prick the skin with a sharp skewer around the lower breast and thighs. Count on about 1 hour for the first breast-up steaming, 1 1/2 to 2 hours for the oven braising, and 30 to 40 minutes for the final oven browning. Make the braising liquid as for the duck (see page 56), but with 2 1/2 cups of wine or chicken stock. You may wish to thicken it lightly at the end by simmering it for a few minutes with 1 1/2 tablespoons of cornstarch blended with 1/2 cup of dry port wine.

STEAMED AND FIRE-ROASTED GOOSE WITH BLOOD ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Add the wine, fresh ginger, olive oil, pepper, 4 cloves garlic and sliced onions to a large bowl and toss well. Add goose, cover and leave in fridge, turning goose once a day, for 2 days.
• Remove goose from marinade. Leave at room temperature for 2 hours.
• Prepare a roasting pan with a rack. Add ground ginger, 3 bay leaves and 2 cups water.
• Pat dry, and rub goose with salt and pepper.
• Heat roasting pan on low heat until water is simmering. Place goose on rack. Cover pan tightly with foil. Steam goose on low for 45 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Uncover roasting pan and remove and reserve fat in the pan. Clean pan and place goose on the rack.
• Bake goose until legs can be detached by hand, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Remove breasts and legs. Increase the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Chop carcass. Add to simmering chicken stock in a large stockpot with peppercorns, whole onions, 6 cloves garlic and remaining 3 bay leaves. Cook for 3 hours. Skim regularly. Strain and reduce to 2 cups.
• Add the potatoes, rutabaga and turnips to a large pot of simmering salted water. Cook until tender.
• Add the goose fat to a roasting pan, then add the vegetables, shallots and remaining 8 cloves garlic and roast, turning occasionally, until golden brown. Remove vegetables from fat and keep hot.
• Reheat the goose and keep warm with vegetables.
• Make blood orange sauce: Zest 2 blood oranges. Cut away the remaining white pith, then cut the segments free from the membranes. Juice the remaining blood orange.
• Add cassis syrup and 1/2 cup blood orange juice to a saucepan. Cook until syrupy and lightly golden, then add limoncello. Add the goose stock and butter. Add blood orange sections at last minute.
• Carve goose, place on a platter and garnish with vegetables and blood orange sauce.

ROAST GOOSE

Steps:

• Rinse and dry the goose, rub it inside and out with salt and refrigerate uncovered for at least 6 hours, or overnight. The next morning, rub goose well with paper towels, then allow it to sit on a rack in the kitchen for about an hour, to come to room temperature. Trim wing tips and excess fat from goose and reserve for another use.
• Preheat oven to 325. Using a clean needle or sharply pointed knife, prick the skin of the goose all over, to allow the fat to run when it roasts. Stick the skin at an angle, so as to pierce just the skin and not the meat of the bird. Season the goose with salt and pepper, then place the rack in a deep roasting pan, and cook for one hour.
• Meanwhile, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for approximately 3 to 5 minutes, then drain and reserve the potatoes.
• After an hour's roasting, remove the goose from the oven, and pour off the fat from the pan, reserving for another use. Put the goose on its rack back in the pan and add the potatoes. Roast for another hour.
• After the goose has roasted for 2 hours total, reduce oven to 275 and continue roasting approximately 30 to 45 minutes, about 15 minutes per pound total, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 165 degrees at the center of the breast. Remove goose to a carving board and allow to rest for 20 to 30 minutes before carving. The bird may be served at room temperature if you like.
• Remove potatoes from pan and keep them warm under foil until ready to serve.