Name: Roast Goose with Five Spice and Honey Recipe
Yield: Serves: 6–8
Ingredients: 5.5–6.5kg oven-ready goose; 2 oranges, finely grated zest and fruit cut into wedges; 2 lemons, finely grated zest and fruit cut into wedges; 2tbsp Chinese five-spice powder; 1tbsp good-quality sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; 4–5tbsp runny honey, to drizzle

By Woman and Home

published 5 December 2018

in Recipes

Gordon Ramsay's roast goose is a really nice change from turkey if you want to try something a little different for Christmas, or quite simply if you want a change from your usual Sunday roast. Using five spice and honey, this roast goose recipe creates a gently sweet and savoury flavour. A goose has quite a high fat content, but when you cook it over a longer period of time, it all melts away leaving a very tender, rich meat which is really melt-in-the-mouth delicious.

HOW TO MAKE ROAST GOOSE WITH FIVE SPICE AND HONEY:

Taken from Christmas with Gordon by Gordon Ramsay (Quadrille Publishing, RRP £15)

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas 7 and place a deep roasting pan fitted with a rack in the oven to heat up. If the goose is ready-trussed, remove the string and gently tug and loosen the legs and wings a little – this helps the bird to cook more evenly. Remove the giblets from the body cavity and trim off any excess fat from the neck and cavity.
In a small bowl, mix the orange and lemon zest with the five-spice powder, salt and pepper. Lightly score the skin of the goose in a criss-cross pattern with a sharp knife, taking care not to cut into the flesh. Rub the seasoning all over the skin and inside the cavity of the goose. Put the orange and lemon wedges into the cavity. (You can prepare to this stage a day ahead and refrigerate the goose.)
Place the goose on the rack in the preheated roasting pan, breast side up, and roast for 15 minutes. Turn the setting down to 170°C/Gas 3 and roast for another 30 minutes.
Take the goose out of the oven and pour off some of the fat from the roasting tin (save for roasting potatoes). Drizzle the honey over the goose, put back in the oven and roast for another 30 minutes – 1 hour, basting once or twice. Cover loosely with foil if it is browning too much towards the end of cooking. For medium-rare meat, the flesh should feel firm with a slight spring when lightly pressed; a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh (but not touching a bone) should register 70°C. Also, bear in mind that the bird will continue to cook in its own heat during resting.
Remove the goose from the oven and cover loosely with foil. Let it rest for 30 minutes.
Carve the goose and serve with the sauce and accompaniments.