Help with cooking a goose please!

greenbee

naomi234 wrote: »

I have just been given a wild canadian goose yesterday, and plan on cooking it today. It is already plucked and cleaned, I just don't know what to do with it, any recipe ideas as what to do with it or how to cook it, would be very helpful, as I have heard wild goose can be very lean and doesn't roast vey well.

Wild goose... Do you know whether it is young or old and whether it has been hung?

Options are

• roast or pot roast, basting liberally as unlike domestic goose this will have no fat on it at all as it has just finished its migration flight. Stuff an apple or onion up its bum and roast breast down
• cut the breasts off and pan fry or casserole (this is what I do as they're the only real meat on it).

I defrosted wild goose breasts (last year's!) only the other day and made a delicious SC casserole... mind you, I had 6 breasts for a 3.5l SC. Fried some onion, floured and sealed the cubed goose meat, added peppers and mushrooms, thickened the pan juices with a spoonful of flour, added a splash of wine, bunged in all in the SC with a tin of tomatoes and the blood from defrosting, then chucked it in the SC for the afternoon.

Otherwise, pan fry with onion, mushrooms (and maybe some red currant jelly, wine) etc - it's worth marinading it and leaving overnight in red wine, olive oil, garlic & herbs if you're pan frying as it can be tough. Add cream to the sauce before serving with baked or mashed potatoes and lots of green veg.

Try this link too for ideas

thriftlady_2

Hootie19 wrote: »

I've just spoken to a friend who told me that her butcher is doing goose this year. It's £4.99 per lb. If I want one, I'll have to go over and order it asap

I've no clue about goose, honestly! How small do they get? How big a bird would I need to get enough meat for 5 adults - who all would mainly prefer breast meat, if it's anything like turkey. Is a fiver per lb a reasonable amount to pay?

TIA

I'm paying about £10 a kilo for mine- so that sounds about right to me.

I'm getting a 5.5kg goose to serve 4 adults, one teenager and 2 kids.

I'm sure that's going to be enough for us all but I won't count on everyone getting breast meat. Geese are big birds but they have a large frame so a lot of what you get is empty space if you see what I mean. There won't be much in the way of leftovers.

Hootie19

Thriftlady - thank you so much. That's really useful.

I don't want ANY leftovers if possible, so that sounds perfect.

Will go and order it this afternoon

Pink.

Hi Hootie,

Lidl do have frozen geese in again this year. They are 4.4kg (approx 10lb) for £21.99. Saying that for Christmas I would go for fresh if you can.

We aren't having goose this year but I would agree with thriftlady that for five people who are happy to eat both breast and leg meat I usually go for a 10 - 12 lb bird as they have less meat than a turkey.

Pink

thriftlady_2

I get my geese from Goodman's Geese. The link has info on cooking your goose.

Penelope_Penguin

naomi234 wrote: »

I have just been given a wild canadian goose yesterday, and plan on cooking it today.

Will you please report back and let us know how it tastes I ask, because a friend who shoots and eats lots of game says that Canada goose doesn't taste good

Penny. x

thriftlady_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Will you please report back and let us know how it tastes I ask, because a friend who shoots and eats lots of game says that Canada goose doesn't taste good

Penny. x

I've heard that too- do let us know Naomi.

greenbee

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Will you please report back and let us know how it tastes I ask, because a friend who shoots and eats lots of game says that Canada goose doesn't taste good

Penny. x

Good point... all mine is from pink feet...

Cat72

Hi
I am hoping someone can help. I am thinking of buying a frozen goose- its quite small from Lidl.
However I have never cooked goose- or turkey etc before.
Im usure if I have to stuff it, defrost it and if it has giblets inside.
Any advice would really be helped or even any idea where I could maybe get a goose breat instread.

I also have a slow cooker incase this helps.
thanks x

BitterAndTwisted

All poultry MUST be defrosted before cooking and then you'll be able to see whether there are any giblets but I suspect there aren't any. You can stuff it but you need to take care that it's cooked all the way through before serving like you would with any other poultry, especially factory-farmed which I believe these Lidl geese are.

The usual formula for roasting chicken and turkey is 20 minutes per pound of weight plus an extra 20 minutes on top, so I'd use this for ducks and geese as well. Roast the bird raised on a grid, not lying flat in the roasting-tin as goose can be rather fatty meat but this adds to the succulence in the end and should give you lovely tasty gravy.

If you're thinking about breasts these need to be pan-fried rather than roasted and I reckon any decent independent butcher should have them but I'm a veggie so haven't paid attention for obvious reasons.

Those geese at Lidl are £15 and that looks like excellent value to me.