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🍽️ Crispy Holiday Goose with Apple Stuffing

850 kcal · 275 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 10 Liter water
• 500 g salt
• 150 g sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 tbsp pepper (ground black and white)
• 1 tbsp coriander
• 5 bay leaves
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 1 sprig thyme
• 1 sprig mugwort
• 0.5 Liter red wine (dry)
• 1 goose (approx. 4 - 5 kg)
• 3 apples (tart)
• 1 orange
• 1 sprig thyme
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 1 sprig mugwort
• 0.5 Liter apple juice (cloudy, unsweetened)
• 100 g honey
• 100 g apricot jam (or jelly)
• 3 onions

Instructions

1. 1. Put water, salt, sugar, a cinnamon stick, peppercorns, herbs, and red wine into a pot.
2. 2. Bring the liquid to a boil.
3. 3. Let the marinade cool down completely.
4. 4. Place the goose into the cooled marinade.
5. 5. Make sure the goose is completely covered with the liquid.
6. 6. Let the goose marinate for 12 hours.
7. 7. Remove the goose from the marinade.
8. 8. Pat the goose dry thoroughly inside and out.
9. 9. Quarter the apples and keep the skin on.
10. 10. Stuff the goose with the apple wedges, onions, orange pieces, and herbs.
11. 11. Close the opening of the goose using trussing needles.
12. 12. Place the goose breast-side up in a roasting pan.
13. 13. Pour 1 liter of the marinade and 1/2 liter of apple juice into the pan.
14. 14. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
15. 15. Roast the goose in the oven for 3 to 3.5 hours.
16. 16. Turn the goose every 30 minutes.
17. 17. Baste the goose regularly with the pan juices.
18. 18. Add more liquid if necessary to prevent the goose from drying out.
19. 19. Mix honey and apricot jam to create a glaze.
20. 20. Brush the goose with the glaze at the end of the cooking time.
21. 21. Increase the oven temperature to 200 degrees Celsius.
22. 22. Finish roasting the goose for another 10 to 15 minutes.
23. 23. Remove the goose from the oven.
24. 24. Let the goose rest briefly before you carve it.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 850
• Protein: 60 g · Fett/Fat: 50 g · Carbs: 30 g