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🍽️ Crispy Goose Legs with Honey-Glazed Grapes and Fried Potato Stars

2369 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Goose legs 2 kg
• Salt pinch
• Pepper, mixed pinch
• Carrots 2 pcs.
• Apples, red 2 pcs.
• Onions, yellow 2 pcs.
• Ginger, fresh 10 g
• Vegetable broth 500 ml
• Sour cherry jam 4 tbsp
• Mustard 1 tbsp
• Balsamic vinegar, dark 1 tbsp
• Grapes, dark 400 g
• Rosemary, fresh 10 g
• Olive oil 4 tbsp
• Allspice pinch
• Honey 2 tbsp
• Potato dumplings 500 g
• Butter 3 tbsp
• Red wine, dry 100 ml

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius with fan.
2. 2. Wash the goose legs and pat them dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Season the legs generously with salt and pepper.
4. 4. Wash the carrots and cut them into rough chunks.
5. 5. Wash the apples, quarter them, and cut them into rough cubes.
6. 6. Halve the onions and chop them into rough cubes as well.
7. 7. Slice the ginger into thin rounds.
8. 8. Place the carrots, apples, onions, ginger, and vegetable broth into a roasting pan.
9. 9. Place the goose legs on top of the vegetables with the skin side facing down.
10. 10. Cover the roasting pan and place it in the center of the oven.
11. 11. Cook the legs for 120 minutes.
12. 12. Mix the sour cherry jam, mustard, and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl.
13. 13. Season the marinade with salt and pepper.
14. 14. Carefully remove the goose legs from the roasting pan.
15. 15. Strain the pan juices through a fine sieve into a pot to remove the vegetables.
16. 16. Pour the red wine into the pot with the juice.
17. 17. Let the sauce reduce uncovered for about 10 minutes.
18. 18. Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
19. 19. Place the legs back into the roasting pan, this time with the skin side facing up.
20. 20. Increase the oven temperature to 200 degrees Celsius with fan.
21. 21. Roast the legs until crispy and brown for about 15 minutes, watching them closely.
22. 22. Brush the legs with the cherry-mustard marinade.
23. 23. Finish cooking the legs in the oven for another 10 minutes.
24. 24. Wash the grapes and rosemary and pat them dry.
25. 25. Heat one tablespoon of olive oil and the rosemary in a large pan over medium heat.
26. 26. Fry the grapes for about 3 minutes until they burst.
27. 27. Add a pinch of allspice, salt, and honey, and toss the pan.
28. 28. Remove the pan from the heat and keep the grapes warm.
29. 29. Place the potato dumplings into a bowl.
30. 30. Knead the dough until smooth.
31. 31. Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 centimeter.
32. 32. Cut out stars from the dough using a cookie cutter.
33. 33. Heat butter in a pan.
34. 34. Fry the potato stars on both sides for 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown.
35. 35. Keep the stars warm.
36. 36. Remove the goose legs from the oven.
37. 37. Let the legs rest for a short moment.
38. 38. Serve the legs with the potato stars, honey grapes, and pan sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 2369
• Protein: 65 g · Fett/Fat: 145 g · Carbs: 210 g