Roasted Goose
From: Gisele, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
Comments: Serve along with cranberry sauce.
Servings: 6
  • 1 [approximately 10-pound / 4.5 kg] goose
  • 1 cup [250 mL] chicken broth
Stuffing
  • 4 tablespoons [60 mL] vegetable oil
  • 3 large onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 leeks (white part only), sliced
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] freshly chopped thyme
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] freshly chopped lemon
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] freshly chopped rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] freshly chopped sage
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 4 cups [1 L] breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] pine nuts
  • Prepare stuffing: preheat vegetable oil.
  • Just melt onions and leeks slices for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in thyme, lemon, rosemary, sage, salt and pepper; stir in breadcrumbs and pine nuts.
  • Preheat oven at 350°F [180°C].
  • Stuff goose; tie-up and then transfer goose into a roasting pan.
  • Pour in chicken broth.
  • Transfer into preheated oven for 30 minutes; roast, baste regularly with cooking juices.
  • Cover pan with al foil; roast for 2 hours 45 minutes more, basting regularly with cooking juices.
  • Fifteen [15] minutes before the end of roasting time, remove al foil to evenly brown goose.
  • Serve, along with stuffing.