Day-ahead stripped goose
Up until about 80 years ago, goose was the meat of choice for most British households at Christmas. It seems to have fallen out of favour, which is a shame because it's so tasty. What's great about cooking it this way is that roasting the goose a day or so before you need it means all you have to do on the big day is pop your tray of delicious meat back in the oven to re-roast. Simple!
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Pomegranate | 1/2 cup seeds (87g) | 72 |
| Red Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Goose | not in our table | 0 |
| Clementine | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 higher-welfare goose, approximately 5.5kg
- 1 old English Christmas rub recipe, or sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 4 clementines, halved
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 3 carrots, scrubbed and chopped into chunks
- 3 red onions, peeled and quartered
- a few stalks celery, trimmed and chopped into chunks
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 200 ml port or red wine
- 1 litre water or organic chicken stock
- 1 small bunch fresh sage, leaves picked
- 1 pomegranate, seeded