Roast Christmas Goose Recipe

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I have such fond childhood memories of Christmas dinner and my mother serving a golden brown Christmas goose. To flavor the meat, Mom stuffed the bird with peeled and quartered fruit that's discarded after baking. -Rosemarie Forcum White Stone, Virginia

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Roast Christmas Goose Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 2-1/4 hours + standing

Yield: 10 Servings

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Ingredients

1 domestic goose (10 to 12 pounds)
Salt and pepper
1 medium apple, peeled and quartered
1 medium navel orange, peeled and quartered
1 medium lemon, peeled and quartered
1 cup hot water

Directions

Sprinkle the goose cavity with salt and pepper. Place the apple, orange and lemon in the cavity. Place goose breast side up on a rack in a large shallow roasting pan. Prick skin well with a fork. Pour water into pan.
Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 2-1/4 to 3 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180°. If necessary, drain fat from pan as it accumulates. Cover goose with foil and let stand for 20 minutes before carving. Discard fruit. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 4 ounces cooked with skin plus leftovers equals 376 calories, 26 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 108 mg cholesterol, 84 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 30 g protein.

Originally published as Roast Christmas Goose in Taste of Home December/January 2004, p35