Two sauces and three fillings for the goose

AUTHOR
Jennie Fields
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
10 mins
TOTAL TIME
10 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 7
  • 1⁄4 l hot water
  • 150 ml dry red wine
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Currant Jelly
  • 100 g Whipped cream
  • 1 TABLESPOON Cornstarch
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Water
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 200 ml dry red wine
  • 1 package (12 g) dried mixed mushrooms
  • 1 small stem rosemary
  • 2 leaves Sage
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Water
  • 1 TABLESPOON Cornstarch
  • 2 stem(s) Marjoram
  • 100 ml Orange juice
  • 100 ml dry white wine
  • 150 g Whipped cream
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Water
  • 1 TABLESPOON Cornstarch
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp For the couscous filling :
  • 450 g Couscous
  • 450 ml Vegetable broth
  • 2 Rocks Leek
  • 1 Pomegranate
  • 125 g dried dates without stone
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 1 TEASPOON Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1⁄2 Tsp ground cumin
  • 7-10 Tbsp For the chestnut and mushroom filling :
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 5 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 350 g Mushrooms
  • 400 g cooked chestnuts (vacuum-packed)
  • 5 TABLESPOONS liquid honey
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated peel of 1 organic orange
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp For the bread and cranberry filling :
  • 8 (approx. 400 g) Bread rolls from the previous day
  • 3 Onions
  • 1 glass (220 g) Wild cranberries
  • 1 TEASPOON Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper

Directions

  1. 1

    For the classic sauce, loosen the frying set and stock with a spatula on the fat pan, while pouring on 1⁄4 l of hot water. Pour through a sieve into a small pot. Let it cool down a little and degrease it.

  2. 2

    Stir 150 ml dry red wine, 2-3 tbsp. redcurrant jelly and 100 g whipped cream into the stock, bring to the boil. Mix 1 tbsp. cornflour with 3 tbsp. water, stir into the boiling sauce and simmer for about 1 minute.

  3. 3

    Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    For the mushroom and herb sauce, degrease frying stock (see recipe for classic sauce Step 1) in a pot. Add 200 ml dry red wine, 1 package (12 g) dried mixed mushrooms, 1 small stem of rosemary and 2 leaves of sage to the sauce, simmer for about 5 minutes.

  5. 5

    Mix 3 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of cornflour. Stir into the boiling sauce, simmer for about 1 minute. Season to taste with 2 tablespoons sherry (medium), salt and pepper.

  6. 6

    For the orange sauce, degrease frying stock (see recipe for classic sauce Step 1) in a pot. Wash 2 stalks of marjoram, shake dry and chop finely. Add 100 ml orange juice, 100 ml dry white wine and 150 g whipped cream and bring to the boil.

  7. 7

    Mix 3 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of cornflour. Stir into the boiling sauce and simmer for about 1 minute. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  8. 8

    For the couscous filling, pour 450 g of couscous with 450 ml of vegetable stock and leave to stand for about 5 minutes. Loosen the couscous with a fork and let it cool down. Wash and clean 2 sticks of leek and cut into slices of about 1 cm width.

  9. 9

    Cut 1 pomegranate in half and knock out the seeds. Cut 125 g dried dates in half without the stone. Mix with couscous, leek, pomegranate seeds, 6 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp salt, pepper and 1⁄2 tsp ground cumin.

  10. 10

    Stuff the goose with it.

  11. 11

    For the chestnut-mushroom filling, peel 2 cloves of garlic and chop finely. Wash 5 stalks of thyme, shake dry and pluck finely. Clean 350 g mushrooms, wash if necessary, dab dry and cut in half.

  12. 12

    Mix mushrooms, garlic and thyme with 400 g cooked chestnuts (vacuum-packed), 5 tbsp liquid honey, grated zest of 1 organic orange, 1 tsp salt and pepper. Stuff the goose with it.

  13. 13

    For the bread cranberry filling, cut 8 rolls from the previous day (approx. 400 g) into large pieces. Peel and halve 3 onions and cut into fine strips. Mix 1 jar (220 g) of wild cranberries, bread rolls and onions well with 1 tsp salt and pepper.

  14. 14

    Stuff the goose with it.