Roast goose
For this recipe I bought a baster and a v-shaped roasting rack for a more relaxing time. I got the cooking times from this Nigel Slater recipe:
Allow 15 minutes in the oven per 450g, plus 20 minutes extra
Ingredients
- Goose, 5½ kg
- Large handful of herbs (I used lemon balm, marjoram and thyme from the garden)
- Lemon, 1 large
Instructions
- The night before, remove the goose from the packaging and the giblets from the cavity. Leave the goose uncovered in the fridge to dry out.
- Pre-heat oven to 220℃.
- Take the goose and pat dry with some kitchen roll then prick the skin all over with the tip of a skewer (or similar).
- Season the bird cavity and skin generously with salt and pepper.
- Place the lemon in the duck cavity followed by the herbs.
- Place a roasting rack in a deep roasting tin. Take care to locate the goose on the roasting rack so that it fits neatly and isn’t hanging over the edge of the roasting tin.
- Roast for 15 minutes at 220℃ then reduce to 180℃ and roast for 3 hours 13 minutes (3 hours 23 minutes in total).
- Every 45 minutes or so, baste the goose using the fat from the roasting tin, then drain the goose fat using a baster into a large bowl (there is a lot of fat!).
- Once done, loosely cover with tin foil and rest for 45 minutes.