Why it works: Potato and apple work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 603 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓
Roast Goose
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare and roast
Prepare the goose as you would a chicken, using potato or onion stuffing.
Place the goose in a roasting pan and add 1 cup of water and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Roast in a 400°F (200°C) oven for 1 hour, basting every 10 minutes.
Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F (175°C) and continue roasting.
Cook for 25 minutes per pound for a goose or 15 minutes for a gosling.
Serve
Serve with apple sauce.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Potato + appletop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together603 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
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Potato + saucetop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,073 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Apple + saucetop 31% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together965 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Goose
- Provides the main meat; its fat renders during roasting, keeping the meat moist and crisping the skin.
The step that matters
Reducing the oven temperature to 350°F. The initial 400°F heat starts browning and crisping the skin. Lowering the heat then lets the thick meat cook through gently, so the skin does not burn before the centre is done.
Swap the apple
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, sauce):
- Avocadofits better
- Limefits better
- Coconutfits better
- Applethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against potato, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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