We determined pretty quickly that Goosey Lucy had to go. Nate presented three options to me: 1- return her to the farmer we'd purchased her from, 2- let her loose in the woods, 3- eat her. The latter seemed most sensible.
Nate dressed her out in the driveway with the help of the kids. Lots of lessons learned. Her breast meat was so different from other poultry, Nate begged me to "take a picture of them on a white plate!" You know me, I aim to please.
Once you've slaughtered a goose, here's how to cook it up:
(Refridgerate the meat at least overnight before cooking it. We waited a week.)
2 large goose breasts
2-3 T olive oil
1 med red onion
3-4 cloves garlic
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1/4 cup white wine
course sea salt, pepper
Sauté onion and garlic together over med heat until onions become translucent (about 10 mins). Push onion and garlic mix to the sides of your pan and add both breasts to the center of your pan. Cover meat with some of the onions, pour in broth and wine. Generously salt and pepper. Cover pan and reduce heat to low. Let simmer until meat is cooked through.
Be careful not to over do it. Goose cooks more like beef than poultry. I oughta know. Make sure it's warm but leave it slightly pink in the middle.
It's so delicious Asher's been begging us to start a "goose farm," and Jensie has declared her favorite foods to be "pizza and goose!"
Totally looks like a slab of sirloin. Weird.
ReplyDeleteTell Asher there's plenty of geese at Cooper Creek he can eat.
ReplyDeleteDid you find a recipe for goose or come up with this yourself?
Sirloin is right! Goose is the best "steak" you'll ever have.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of Cooper Creek! It's seriously so good, it's tempting to go snag a wild goose off the lake.
I came up with this recipe on my own, though I'd say onions and garlic are pretty standard. I used white wine because I expected it to taste like chicken or turkey and thought it would compliment the flavor (like I know anything about it), but it was so much like beef that you could season it in any number of ways. Chipotlé, something Asian-ish (ginger?), etc.
Wow. I'm so immature that I only would've eaten it if you told me it was beef. I'm worse than your 5-year-old.
ReplyDeleteI love that I know the story not told here.
ReplyDeleteNow I feel angry that Ashley made me feel out of the loop.
ReplyDeleteSeth let's just put it this way, don't assume that just because you can take a turkey's head off with an ax, you can also take a goose's head off with a machete.
ReplyDeletegross....
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