4KG Christmas Goose at Lidl

lillies7779

HI I just picked up a 4kg goose for £13 from Lidl.......I wanted a change this year frim Turkey and T thought this was a bargain!! They only have limtied stock though and the goose is reared in germany so not british if this worried anyone.

sirbrainy

How are you going to cook it? Need to keep it moist...

lillies7779

I will stuff with cranberries and bacon and slow cook for about 3.5 hours with the last half hour uncovered. If it all goes wrong we will just have to have extra roast potatoes and a sense of humour!

sirbrainy

Sounds good - I would add some steam, eg water in a baking tray at the bottom of the oven if you have room, goose can be quite dry

floydy

picked up some recipe cards in lidl, one is for goose covered in marmalade...recipe cards on the shelving after checkout..hth

caroc

I first bought a frozen new year Goose at LIDL 2 years ago and it was very nice, tasty and tender. Last years Goose however was very chewy but was from Hungary. I'd imagine Germany has quite high welfare standards. Also, I weighed my goose last year after cooking and 4kg turned into 1.9 kg of cooked goose - but you can strain and keep the fat for cooking. It has so much fat, keeping it moist will not be a problem- in fact you need to !!!!! it well to let the fat drain off.

:xmassmile

How bizarre the word pr1ck is not allowed to be posted even if used in its most literal sense

m1ntie

Hi, Caroc is correct, you will get a lot of fat of a goose. The best way to cook it is (slowly) on a rack with an empty roasting tin under it to collect the fat as it drips off.

Also remember you will only get about half the meat, that you would get from a Turkey of the same size - delicious though.

sirbrainy

A free range goose is not very fat at all.

jenhugs

ordere my free range goose on Saturday got it for a good price as directly from the farm. We love goose.

sirbrainy

Partial to goose liver lol

But not that keen on the meat unless slow cooked & moist

MillicentBystander

Oohh, goose at Lidl, methinks I will have to have a gander.

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