Roast Goose Recipe

This lovely roast goose recipe from New York Times is fairly straight forward using only three ingredients. Be sure to save the fat that is rendered from cooking- use it to roast potatoes and serve with your meal! Be sure to adjust the cooking time relative to your goose size- smaller goose, cook less or until a thermometer registers 165 degrees at the center of the breast. I prefer my roast goose more on the rare side so I always remove it a little before it hits 165 degrees. I always tent it with tin foil and let it rest for approximately 30 minutes before carving.

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Ingredients

• 1 whole goose

• Salt

• Freshly ground black pepper

  Preparation

  1. Step 1

     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.

  2. Step 2

     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.

  3. Step 3

     Meanwhile, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for approximately 3 to 5 minutes, then drain and reserve the potatoes.

  4. Step 4

     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.

  5. Step 5

     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.

  Farm fresh goose are available to purchase in our self-serve farm stand located in Starksboro, Vermont.

  The farm stand is open every day

  8 am - 8 pm.