Looking for non-forcefed foie gras in Glasgow area

kittykirsty

Hiya,

It is my darling OH's birthday on Monday, and we were thinking about having a lovely homemade (expensive probably :eek:) beef wellington for dinner. Something a bit special and a break from our normal MSingness. I know foie gras is traditional in beef wellington but couldn't possibly buy any from geese that have been forcefed. I'm sure there are farms out there that make foie gras from happy, healthy non-forcefed geese , but does anyone know of anywhere in Glasgow or Renfrewshire where i could get hold of it?

TIA

competitionscafe

I thought that all foie gras was from force fed geese? Otherwise it would just be a normal sized liver instead of a 12 times the size one as in the picture comparison here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Livers.jpg You could just use a liver pate (from free-range birds) or leave it out and just have the duxelles (mushroom, herb and truffle oil mixture).

kittykirsty

Thanks for your comments, i did see a tv program with a farm that had happy, healthy, but naturally greedy geese who were not force fed at all. There's some more info about it here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/18/wfoie18.xml but unfortunately with no harrods around not sure where to get it from!