How to Place a Goose in the Oven

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Jennifer Cail. On behalf of Expert Village I'm going to show you how to roast a Christmas goose. Now that our goose has been seasoned and defatted as much as we can it's time to put it in the oven. We are going to set the oven for 425 degrees to start and you want to make sure that your oven rack is down very low to the base of the oven. You don't want it on the lowest setting but you want it low enough so that there is plenty of room for your goose. We are going to put the goose in the oven carefully sliding back in there and you want the goose to be right in the middle of the oven. So that the main body of the goose is in the middle both from side to side and top to bottom. That is one of the reasons why we are going to have such a low rack. You want to have it in there for 30 minutes to begin with after 30 minutes we will be doing our first basting and you also want to be aware that because of the fattiness of the goose it's going to splatter a lot. So if your oven is close to a smoke detector you might be aware of that depending on how much air can get out of your oven. Because if it gets to smoky chances are your alarm is going to go off but this isn't anything to worry about just make sure to keep an eye on the goose and the fat content being splattered around."