Name: A Common Goose Pie
Ingredients: 1 goose, quartered; coarse sea salt, to taste; ½ pound fresh butter, cut into pieces; raised pie crust

A Common Goose Pie

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

1 goose, quartered
coarse sea salt, to taste
½ pound fresh butter, cut into pieces
raised pie crust

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Season the quartered goose well.

Assemble and bake

Place the seasoned goose into the raised crust.
Lay the pieces of butter on top of the goose.
Cover with the lid and bake in the oven until cooked through.

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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What each ingredient does

Goose: Provides the main meat, which becomes tender and cooked through during the long bake.
Fresh butter: Adds richness and moisture as it melts over the goose during baking.
Raised pie crust: Encloses the goose and holds the filling together as the pie bakes.

“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.