Roast goose explained

Roast goose is cooking goose meat using dry heat with hot air enveloping it evenly on all sides. Many varieties of roast goose appear in cuisines around the world, including Cantonese, European, and Middle Eastern cuisines. Roasting can enhance its flavor.

Cantonese

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In Guangdong and Hong Kong, roast goose is a variety of siu mei, or roasted meat dishes, within Cantonese cuisine. It is made by roasting geese with seasoning often in a charcoal furnace at high temperature. Roasted geese of high quality have crisp skin with juicy and tender meat. Roast goose are normally served with plum sauce to augment its flavour.[1]

Results of a 2016 survey released by the municipal government of Guangzhou showed that roast goose was the most popular dish, outranking white cut chicken and roast squab.[2]

European

Goose has a distinct flavor[3] which makes it a favorite[4] European Christmas dish. In Germany, roast goose is a staple for Christmas Day meals.[5] For European cultures, roast goose is traditionally[6] eaten only on appointed holidays, including St. Martin's Day.[7]

It is generally replaced by the turkey in the United States. Similarly, goose is often an alternative to turkey on European Christmas tables.

In the United States, the price per pound of goose is usually similar to that of farmed duck, but the large size of the bird and low yield of meat to bone and fat makes a goose a luxury item for most. An added value is that roasting a goose will render a great deal of excellent quality fat which is typically used for roasting potatoes or as the shortening in pie crust (sweet or savory). One can also simmer pieces of goose submerged in the fat to make confit.

Roast goose is also a popular ingredient for post-Christmas meals. There are a number of recipes for Boxing Day which make use of left over roast goose from one's Christmas Day banquet.[8]

Variations

Prevalent stuffings[9] are apples, sweet chestnuts, prunes and onions. Typical seasonings[10] include salt and pepper, mugwort, or marjoram. Also used are red cabbage, Klöße, and gravy, which are used to garnish the goose.

Turkish

Kars style roast goose is one of the most famous food products special to Kars region of Turkey.[11] [12] [13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Char siu: make sweet barbecued pork, Hong Kong-style Hong Kong Tourism Board . 2023-06-18 . dhk-local-market . en.
  2. Web site: 珠三角放大鏡:美食調查穗人最愛腸粉燒鵝 - 東方日報 . 2023-06-18 . orientaldaily.on.cc.
  3. http://www.today.com/id/6727940/ns/today-holiday_guide/t/roast-goose-makes-christmas-dinner-special/#.Ua9PL-f-GQo Roast goose makes Christmas dinner special
  4. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Scandinavian-Roast-Christmas-Goose-20112 Scandinavian Roast Christmas Goose from Epicurious, published on February 1964 issue
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/christmas/german/Christmas in Germany at BBC language portal
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/recipes/936/Roast-Christmas-Goose.html Roast Christmas Goose from the New York Times, originally published in December 18, 1994
  7. Web site: Calendar of the traditions, festivals, and holidays in German-speaking countries. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. 26 November 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100802022714/http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=b-de-en&sp=S%2Foldo%2Fresources%2Fde%2FFestivals_and_Holidays_in_the_German_World.html. 2 August 2010.
  8. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/09/nigel-slater-christmas-boxing-day-recipes Nigel Slater’s Christmas recipe for goose
  9. News: Goose fat potatoes recipe. 17 December 2012. The Daily Telegraph.
  10. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4930a074-1b0a-11e1-8f1e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2VLxvVl6n A Christmas Goose chase
  11. News: Kars'ta kaz kebabı ziyafeti . Hürriyet Yazarlar . Yaşin, Mehmet . 21 January 2007 . tr . 7 April 2013 .
  12. Web site: Kars Kazı, Kars Kars kaşarı, Kars Grevyeri, Kars Balı ve Bu Yöreye Özel Besinler . Tavsiye Ediyorum . Taşdemir, Yüksel Turan . tr . 7 April 2013 .
  13. Web site: Kars usulu Kaz / Kars style roasted goose . Turkish cuisine . 7 April 2013 . 26 January 2012 .