Summary
Ingredients
For the filling:
Mecklenburg-style Roast Goose
Instructions
- Rub the inside and outside of the goose thoroughly with salt, pepper, and mugwort.
- In a bowl, combine the prunes, apples, sugar, bread, and bacon to make the stuffing.
- Stuff the goose cavity with the mixture and sew shut.
- Pour water into the bottom of a roasting pan and place the prepared goose in it.
- Roast in a preheated 180°C (350°F) oven with top and bottom heat, allowing about 1 hour per kilogram of goose.
- Every 20-30 minutes, baste the goose with the pan juices and turn it to ensure even cooking.
- When the goose is nearly done (about 15 minutes before the expected end of roasting time), mix the honey with beer.
- Brush the goose generously with the honey-beer mixture.
- Continue roasting until the goose reaches an internal temperature of 74°C (165°F) at the thickest part of the thigh.
- Remove the goose from the oven.
- Pour the pan drippings into a saucepan and make a sauce from the stock.
- Divide the goose into portions and arrange on a serving platter with the stuffing arranged around it.
- Pour the sauce over and around the goose and stuffing.
- Serve with dumplings and red cabbage.