Name: Traditional Michaelmas Goose with all the Trimmings
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: Main course - Serves four
Ingredients: 2 tsp runny honey; 1 × 4-5 kg goose; 1 white onion shredded with fresh whole cloves; 4 slices of bread, white and crushed; 1 tsp mixed allspice; a little unsalted butter; a little allspice; 4 small eating apples; 400 ml milk; 150 g sausagemeat; 50 g unsalted butter; 1 egg yolk; 30 g breadcrumbs; 1 tsp garden sage, chopped; 50 g onion, finely diced; grated zest of half an orange; 50 ml cider; 250 ml chicken stock; 1 pinch watercress

Preparation info

Main course - Serves
four

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
4 hr 30

Appears in

Loose Birds & Game

By Andrew Pern

Published 2010

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‘EAT A GOOSE ON MICHAELMAS DAY, WANT NOT FOR MONEY ALL YEAR!’

IT WAS ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT EATING GOOSE ON 29TH SEPTEMBER, THE FEAST OF ST MICHAEL, WOULD BRING YOU GOOD FORTUNE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. GREEN GEESE, FED IN THE FIELDS, WERE USED RATHER THAN THE FATTER CHRISTMAS BIRD, AND ARE TRADITIONALLY GARNISHED WITH APPLES, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WINDFALLS AROUND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.