Roast Goose With Stuffing
9 pound Canadian goose — (9-12 lb)
1 tart apple — peeled and diced
10 dried figs — cut into fourths
2 1/2 cups crumbled corn bread
salt to taste
ground pepper to taste
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 teaspoons chopped fresh savory
GRAVY:
1 1/2 cups reserved goose broth
1 tablespoon flour — 1 to 2
Remove the neck and gizzard and place in a saucepan with about 1 qt. of water and let simmer lightly for several hours while partially covered. Reduce to about 2 cups and season with salt.
Mix remaining ingredients, except for gravy, together and adjust seasoning by tasting.
Stuff, lace, and truss the bird and roast in a 325′ oven, breast down, for 1 1/2 hours. Draw off fat as it accumulates.
Turn and roast another 1 1/2 hours (or longer for a larger bird) until juices run clear when pricked where the thigh attaches to the body.
Remove when done and let rest on a heated serving platter while you prepare the gravy.
Pour off all but 2 Tbls. of the fat and sprinkle with the flour. Set the roasting pan over low heat and stir for one minute while scraping up all the brown bits. Add the broth and stir until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve in a boat with goose.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 606 Calories; 19g Fat (28.6% calories from fat); 59g Protein; 47g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 202mg Cholesterol; 694mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 7 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 2 Other Carbohydrates.
Dried Fig Jam
28 oz Dried figs (used both
-homemade and commercial) 5 c ;Water
1/2 c Fresh lemon juice
3 c Sugar
Seeds from juiced lemons 1 ts Ground cardamom
1 tb Dark rum
Place figs in 4 qt pot. Add all water, cover pot, bring to a boil and remove pot from heat. Let the pot of figs sit for at least an hour to plump them. Remove figs from the dark water with a slotted spoon. Reserve the water. Cut stems off figs with scissors and chop figs medium coarse by hand or in a processor. Add lemon juice and sugar to the fig water. Set water to a second boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 5-10 minutes. Tie up seeds into a cheesecloth bundle and drop in fig water. Drop the chopped figs into the fig water. Bring fig jam to another boil, then let simmer for 15-20 minutes. Jam should be slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Take out the cheesecloth bag. Stir in the rum and cardamom well. Ladle into 1 pint jars (1/2 pint works, too), leaving 1/4″ headspace. Seal jars according to manufacturer’s instructions. Process jars for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath. Yield: About 4 pints.