Ingredients for Cooking a Goose

Series Summary

The term “your goose is cooked!” has come to mean “you are in big trouble” in the English vernacular. Some speculate that the term dates back to a 15th century conflict between the English and the Celts. When English troops had a town near Dublin under siege, the townspeople responded by dangling geese out of their window to demonstrate that the siege was not affecting their food supply. This cheeky display so enraged the English troops that they burned the town to the ground, thereby “cooking the goose” of the entire town. While this theory may sound intriguing, it may not be true. Should you choose to quote it as fact for a school paper, your own goose will be cooked. But now let us think of happier times, of presents under the tree, of carols and hot chocolate, of a delicious meal on the family dinner table... In this series of Christmas recipe videos, our expert holiday chef shares her recipe for cooking the perfect goose. Jennifer Cail begins by showing you the pots and pans you will need, then demonstrates how to season and baste your main course. She also includes tips for extracting fat from the goose and making the roux that will perfectly compliment your holiday meal. Not sure how to add juice to the pan during roasting? Leave everything up to the professional chefs at expert village and your goose will be perfectly cooked.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Jennifer Cail. On behalf of Expert Village I'm going to show you how to roast a christmas goose. Our first step for making our roasted goose our the ingredients. For our ingredients we will need some chicken broth both for basting and also for making the gravy, we will need a little bit of flour for making the gravy, salt and pepper. I prefer freshly ground pepper but of course you can use already ground pepper. They will be used for seasoning the goose and for working with the gravy. Last but not least you'll need a goose you want to make sure to give yourself plenty of time to defrost the goose before you plan on baking it. It should come with a giblets and neck inside so you want to make sure that you take those out before you go on to any other step. Of course you want to make sure that it's completely defrosted as I mentioned before if however if your in a rush and the inside isn't 100% defrosted you can start it in the oven with a little bit of ice on the inside. As long as the giblets and neck has been removed and you are aware that it's going to take a few minutes more for baking."