Stuffed White Goose
From: Small she-hunter, St-Lazare, Quebec, Canada
Comments: This recipe is also very good with Canadian goose.
  • 1 white goose
  • A few slices pork fat
  • 1 to 2 cups [250 to 500 mL] liquid [unsweetened apple juice and/or white wine and/or game broth]
Stuffing
  • 3 large onions, diced
  • 3 apples, preferably cooking apples, diced
  • 1 cup [250 mL] cherry or other jam
  • 1/3 cup [80 mL] bacon, cut into small bits
  • 1 celery stalk, diced
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] soy sauce
  • Preheat oven to 350°F [180°C].
  • Mix together stuffing ingredients: onion and apple dices, jam, bacon bits, celery dices, Dijon mustard and soy sauce.
  • Spoon a little stuffing over the bottom of a caserole; stuff goose with remaining stuffing.
  • Wrap bird with pork fat slices.
  • Cover casserole; roast goose into preheated oven for approximately 30 minutes.
  • Lower oven temperature to 300°F [150°C]; roast goose for 1 hour more, basting bird with apple juice, white wine or game broth whole roasting.
  • Goose must be well done to be tasty.