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Viennese Christmas Goose

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“Christmas goose for Christmas Day has long been a tradition in Austria
(as has carp on Christmas Eve). It is usually served with red cabbage and
potato dumplings. This recipe, from the Kellner family of Altwienerhof
restaurant, includes roasted apples and glazed chestnuts, too.”

Serves 6 to 8

For the Goose:
One 11–13-pound fresh or thawed frozen
goose, trimmed of excess skin and fat
1 tablespoon dried marjoram
1 tablespoon dried thyme
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 apples
2 medium yellow onions, peeled
6 whole cloves
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup white wine
3 cups chicken stock

For the Apples:
1 cup raisins
3/4 cup rum
8 McIntosh apples
2 tablespoons butter,
cut into 8 pieces

For the dumplings:
4 russet potatoes
Salt
2 1/4 cups flour
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons butter
Leaves from 2 sprigs parsley, chopped

For the Cabbage:
1 small yellow onion, peeled
and thinly sliced
1 small red cabbage, quartered,
cored, and thinly sliced
1/2 apple, peeled, cored, and julienned
2 1/2 cups red wine
3/4 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup fresh cranberries
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch ground cloves
Pinch ground nutmeg
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the Chestnuts:
6 tablespoons butter, melted
6 cups cooked peeled chestnuts
1/3 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons honey

1. For the goose: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Trim off goose wing tips, put into a small pot, and set aside. Prick skin all over with the tip of a
paring knife. Rub bird, inside and out, with marjoram, thyme, and salt
and pepper to taste. Stud apples and onions with cloves, then stuff into
cavity of bird. Tie legs together with kitchen twine. Heat oil in a large
heavy roasting pan over medium-high heat. Add goose and cook until browned all over, about 15 minutes. Set goose aside. Drain off fat from
pan into a medium bowl and set aside. Return pan to medium-high heat.
Add wine and 1 cup water and cook, scraping browned bits stuck to
bottom of pan with a wooden spoon, for 2 minutes. Transfer goose,
breast side up, to pan and roast until skin begins to get crisp, 35–45
minutes. Siphon off fat in pan with a bulb baster (add it to bowl with
fat), leaving any pan juices in pan. Reduce oven temperature to 350
degrees F. and continue roasting goose until juices run clear when
pricked and skin is brown and crisp, 35–50 minutes more, siphoning
off fat from pan once or twice as it roasts. Meanwhile, add stock to
pot with wing tips and simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes.
Strain stock, discarding solids, and set aside.
2. For the apples: Soak raisins in rum in a small bowl until plump, about
1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Core apples, leaving bottoms
intact, and put into a medium baking dish, hole side up. Drain raisins,
then stuff into apple cavities and top each with a piece of butter. Add
1 cup water to dish, cover with foil, and bake until apples are soft but
still intact, 45–50 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F.
and keep apples warm in oven.
3. For the dumplings: Put potatoes into a large pot of salted water and
boil over medium-high heat until soft, 25–30 minutes. Drain and set
aside to let rest until just cool enough to handle. Meanwhile, bring a
large pot of generously salted water to a boil over high heat. Peel
potatoes, then press through a potato ricer onto a clean surface.
Gather potatoes while still warm into a mound and make a well in
the center. Add 2 cups of the flour, eggs, butter, and 1 tablespoon
salt to well and gently knead dough until smooth, adding up to 4
tablespoons more flour if dough is too tacky. Divide dough into 12
equal pieces. Lightly flour your hands and roll each piece of dough
into a ball. Working in 2 batches, add dough balls to pot of water,
reduce heat to medium, and gently simmer, stirring occasionally,
until dumplings float and are cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes.
Transfer with a slotted spoon to a warm plate, cover with foil,
and keep warm in oven with apples.
4. For the cabbage: Heat 3 tablespoons of the reserved goose fat (save remaining fat for another use) in a medium pot over medium-high
heat. Add onions and cook, stirring often, until soft, 4–5 minutes.
Add cabbage and apples and cook for 3–4 minutes. Stir in the wine,
orange juice, cranberries, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and
salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low,
cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is very soft,
35–45 minutes. Keep warm over lowest heat.
5. For the chestnuts: Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Add chestnuts and cook until heated through, 2–3 minutes. Add
cream and honey and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is
thick and chestnuts are glazed, 4–5 minutes. Cover skillet and
keep warm over lowest heat.
6. Discard kitchen twine and apples and onions from cavity of goose.
Put goose on a large serving platter and allow to rest for 15–20
minutes. Meanwhile, drain fat from pan, then set pan on top of
stove and heat over medium-high heat. Add reserved stock,
scraping browned bits stuck to bottom of pan, and boil until re-
duced by one-quarter, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with
salt and pepper, then strain gravy into a warm gravy boat.
7. To serve: Fill goose cavity with the warm chestnuts. Put cabbage
next to goose on platter. Arrange apples and dumplings around
goose. Moisten goose and cabbage with some of the gravy.
Garnish dumplings with parsley. Serve gravy on the side.


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