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Goose, Roast

Roast Goose is a whole goose prepared with onion stuffing, salt, and served with gravy and apple sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and apple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,206 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Goose, Roast

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the goose

  1. Pluck, draw, and singe the goose without washing it.

  2. Wipe it with clean cloths.

  3. Cut off the head and neck, and fold the skin over the back.

  4. Scald and scrape the legs, cutting off the claws.

  5. Fasten the pinions and legs with a skewer long enough to secure them.

  6. Place the liver in one wing and the gizzard in the other, then skewer the goose firmly.

  7. Prepare the stuffing according to taste, using raw or boiled onions mixed with breadcrumbs.

  8. Truss the goose tightly and tie the openings securely.

Roast and serve

  1. Roast over a clear, brisk fire, basting frequently until cooked through.

  2. Remove from heat, take out the skewers, and pour a little gravy around it.

  3. Serve with additional gravy and apple sauce.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Onion + appletop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,206 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Onion + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Apple + saucetop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together965 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Onion and sauce barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,474 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Goose
Is the main cut of meat, whose fat renders during roasting and keeps the flesh moist.
Onion
Adds aromatic sweetness and moisture to the stuffing as it softens.
Breadcrumbs (in the method)
Absorb juices and fat in the stuffing, giving it body and a soft texture.

The step that matters

Roast over a clear, brisk fire, basting frequently. Goose has a thick layer of fat under the skin. Basting and keeping the fire steady helps the fat render out and the skin crisp, while the meat cooks through without burning.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, sauce):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, 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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