**Roast Goose with Pomegranate Glaze: A Culinary Symphony of Sweet, Savory, and Festive Flavors**
As the holiday season approaches, the tantalizing aroma of roasted goose fills the air, beckoning food lovers to indulge in this classic culinary delight. This majestic dish, often served as a centerpiece at festive gatherings, embodies the spirit of generosity and celebration. Whether you're a seasoned chef or an enthusiastic home cook, embark on a culinary journey with our comprehensive guide to preparing Roast Goose with Pomegranate Glaze. Discover the secrets to achieving crispy, golden-brown skin, tender and succulent meat, and a lusciously sweet and tangy glaze that elevates this dish to new heights of flavor. Accompany your majestic roast goose with an array of delectable side dishes, from classic Bread Stuffing and Creamy Mashed Potatoes to Roasted Root Vegetables and Brussels Sprouts with Bacon. Embrace the warmth and cheer of the holiday season with this symphony of flavors that will leave your guests in awe.
ROAST GOOSE WITH SWEET GLAZE
While goose is thought of as a traditional Christmas entree, some people do not care for the all dark meat bird. My recipe will change their mind in one bite. The sweet citrus glaze compliments the rich, juicy meat perfectly. -Colleen Sturma, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 3h
Yield 10 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Sprinkle goose and inside cavity with salt. Prick skin well with a fork. Place the oranges, onion and garlic in cavity. Tuck wings under goose; tie drumsticks together. Place breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 2-3/4 to 3-1/4 hours or until a thermometer reads 180°. Cover loosely with foil if goose browns too quickly. If necessary, drain fat from pan as it accumulates., In a small saucepan, combine the marmalade, mustard, soy sauce, brown sugar and pepper. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. During the last 15 minutes of cooking, baste some of the glaze over goose., Place goose on a serving platter; cover and let stand for 15 minutes before carving. Just before serving, brush with remaining glaze.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 728 calories, Fat 47g fat (15g saturated fat), Cholesterol 196mg cholesterol, Sodium 630mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (16g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 55g protein.
ROAST GOOSE WITH POMEGRANATE GLAZE
This roast owes its crackly, burnished skin to a glaze of pomegranate molasses, which also infuses the gravy it's served with. Serve this with our Pistachio-Pomegranate Pilaf.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Healthy Recipes Gluten-Free Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Pat goose dry inside and out. Prick skin all over with a toothpick.
- Toast coriander, cumin, and sesame seeds with 1 tablespoon salt in a skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes. Let cool. Finely grind. Rub 1 tablespoon mixture inside cavity of goose, and rub the remainder over skin. Place ginger, garlic, scallions, and orange in cavity. Secure wings to body with metal skewers. Tie legs together with twine.
- Place goose, breast down, on a rack set in a roasting pan. Add enough water to come just below rack. Cover with parchment and several layers of foil. Bring to a simmer over 2 burners, and steam goose 1 hour, adding water as necessary. Flip goose, and steam 1 1/2 hours more.
- Transfer goose to a wire rack; let cool for 10 minutes. Carefully tip goose over a bowl to catch juices from cavity. Let cool. (Goose and juices can be refrigerated overnight; let stand at room temperature for up to 1 hour before roasting.)
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place vegetables on a rimmed baking sheet. Add water and reserved juices from cavity, and roast vegetables for 30 minutes.
- Place goose on wire rack over vegetables, and brush goose with 3 tablespoons molasses. Roast, adding water if vegetables darken too quickly, until goose is browned, about 15 minutes.
- Transfer goose and rack to a second rimmed baking sheet, and let rest. Discard vegetables. Place baking sheet with pan juices over 2 burners on medium heat. Stir in sherry, and bring to a boil. Strain into a large saucepan. Stir in pomegranate juice, stock, remaining molasses, salt, and pepper. Boil until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Transfer goose to a platter. Garnish with pomegranates. Serve with gravy.
POMEGRANATE GLAZED PORK
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 2h50m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Remove the pork roast from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the rack on the lower middle section of the oven.
- Place the carrot halves on the bottom of a small roasting pan and set aside.
- Trim off any thick areas of fat from the roast. Make shallow slits about 1 inch apart in a crosshatch on the meat of the roast. Mix together the cinnamon, cloves and 1 tablespoon salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle the seasoning mixture evenly over the roast and rub to coat. Place the roast on the carrots and add 1/2 cup water to the pan. Roast for 1 hour, adding another 1/2 cup water if the pan gets dry.
- Meanwhile, combine the pomegranate juice and thyme in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat and reduce by half, about 15 minutes. Stir in the maple syrup and mustard and continue to reduce until slightly thickened, another 3 to 4 minutes. Season with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remove and discard the thyme.
- Baste the meat with the pomegranate mixture and roast until the internal temperature reaches 120 degrees F, another 30 minutes. Remove the roast from the oven and turn the oven up to 450 degrees F.
- Baste the roast again with the pomegranate mixture. Return the roast to the hot oven for an additional 20 minutes, basting with the pomegranate sauce every 5 to 10 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 135 degrees F and the roast is evenly glazed. Remove the roast to a platter to rest for 10 minutes. Add any juices from the pan to the sauce and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Stir to combine. Slice the roast and serve with the sauce on the side.
ROAST TURKEY WITH POMEGRANATE GLAZE
Categories Poultry turkey Roast Thanksgiving Orange Mint Fall Pomegranate Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Combine first 5 ingredients and reserved neck, heart, and gizzard in saucepan. Simmer over medium heat. Simmer until giblet broth is reduced to 3 3/4 cups, about 1 hour. Strain; discard solids. Chill 3/4 cup broth for Bread Dressing with Dried Apricots, Pistachios, and Mint .
- Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Rinse turkey inside and out and pat dry. Whisk orange juice and next 4 ingredients in small bowl to blend for glaze. Place turkey on rack in heavy large roasting pan. Starting at neck end, carefully slide hand between skin and breast, thighs, and legs to loosen skin. Using pastry brush or hand, apply thin coat of pomegranate glaze over meat under skin. Stuff main cavity with lemon, quartered onion, and mint. Tuck wing tips under; tie legs together loosely. Brush turkey with some of remaining glaze.
- Roast turkey 20 minutes. Pour 1 cup giblet broth into pan; brush turkey with glaze. Roast 20 minutes; brush with glaze. Roast 20 minutes. Add 1 cup broth to pan, brush with glaze, and cover turkey loosely with foil. Roast 20 minutes. Brush with glaze and reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Continue to roast until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175°F, brushing with glaze every 20 minutes, about 1 hour 10 minutes longer, about 2 1/2 hours total.
- Transfer turkey to platter. Tent loosely with foil. Let stand 30 minutes (internal temperature will increase 5 to 10 degrees).
- Meanwhile, tilt roasting pan and spoon fat from surface of juices. Add 1 cup giblet broth to pan. Place pan over 2 burners. Bring to simmer over medium-high heat, scraping up browned bits. Add chilled butter and simmer until gravy is smooth, whisking. Season with salt and pepper. Serve turkey with gravy.
- *A thick pomegranate syrup available at Middle Eastern markets, some supermarkets, and by mail from Adriana's Caravan (adrianascaravan.com). Do not use cane sugar molasses.
ROAST TURKEY WITH POMEGRANATE GLAZE
The pomegranate glaze makes for a beautiful, burnished bird. This turkey is delicious stuffed with Cornbread, Wild Mushroom, and Pecan Stuffing or Classic Stuffing.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Turkey Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. Rinse turkey breast; pat dry. Rub breast with salt and pepper.
- Arrange vegetables in a large, heavy roasting pan, making sure that the vegetables are more or less flat in the bottom of the pan.
- Truss legs together with kitchen twine, if desired. Rub the bird with butter, and place on bed of vegetables in roasting pan.
- Roast turkey for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees. loosely cover bird with an aluminum-foil tent, if necessary, and continue roasting, basting every half hour with the juices in the pan
- Meanwhile, slice pomegranates in half crosswise. Using a hand-held wooden lemon reamer or manual juicer, collect the juice in a small bowl. Strain juice through a sieve lined with cheesecloth. Combine juice and 1 cup of the stock in a small saucepan. Cook over high heat until mixture is reduced enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 20 minutes. Stir in currant jelly. Set aside.
- When a meat thermometer placed between breast and thigh reads 170 degrees. remove turkey from oven (the total cooking time to this point should be about 3 hours and 15 minutes). Discard aluminum-foil tent, and brush bird evenly and smoothly with pomegranate reduction. Lower temperature to 325 degrees. return bird to oven, and continue roasting for 5 minutes. Brush again with pomegranate reduction, and roast for 5 to 10 minutes more. Do not allow glaze to burn.
- Remove from oven, let cool slightly, and transfer to serving plate. Let turkey rest for 20 minutes before carving.
- Remove vegetables from roasting pan with a slotted spoon, transfer to a food processor, and process until smooth.
- Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings in pan, reserving juices in a fat separator or Pyrex measuring cup; discard fat that rises to the top. Place pan over medium-low heat, and add flour, working it in with a wooden spoon until mixture is smooth. Add 3 tablespoons of the puréed cooking vegetables to pan, and stir until smooth. (Remaining purée can be served as an additional side dish or discarded.)
- Add cognac to pan, and stir with a wooden spoon to loosen any particles on the bottom. Continue cooking slowly over medium-low heat. Stir constantly while adding degreased pan juices and the remaining 3 cups stock. Raise heat to medium high, and cook until the gravy thickens, 10 to 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve in a gravy boat alongside turkey.
POMEGRANATE GLAZE
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Seasonal Recipes Winter Recipes
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place the orange juice, brandy, and honey in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Immediately reduce to a simmer, add vinegar, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut pomegranates in half. Hold pomegranate halves over a large bowl and beat each one with the back of a wooden spoon to release seeds and juices. Place 2/3 pomegranate seeds and any accumulated juices, thyme, and chicken stock in the jar of a blender; blend for 10 seconds. Strain pomegranate mixture through a fine sieve into saucepan.
- Return glaze to a simmer. Stir in butter. Spoon over duck and garnish with remaining pomegranate seeds.
Tips:
- Thaw the goose thoroughly before cooking. This will ensure that it cooks evenly.
- Season the goose generously with salt and pepper. This will help to enhance the flavor of the meat.
- Roast the goose breast-side up for the first half of the cooking time, then turn it breast-side down for the remaining time. This will help to ensure that the breast meat is cooked through without drying out.
- Baste the goose with the pomegranate glaze every 30 minutes or so. This will help to keep the meat moist and flavorful.
- Let the goose rest for at least 15 minutes before carving. This will help to keep the juices in the meat.
Conclusion:
Roast goose with pomegranate glaze is a delicious and impressive dish that is perfect for a special occasion. The combination of the rich, savory goose meat and the sweet and tangy pomegranate glaze is simply divine. This recipe is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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