Baked goose with apples and cherry plum in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Wash the goose, remove excess fat and sebaceous glands. Pour boiling water over the carcass from all sides. Marinade. Mix lemon juice, salt and pepper. Coat the goose with marinade inside and out.

2. Step 2:

   

   Make shallow incisions on the skin of the breast, trying not to touch the meat, and put the goose in the refrigerator overnight.

3. Step 3:

   

   Filling. Wash and dry the apples and cherry plum. Cut the apples in half or quarters.

5. Step 4:

   

   Stuff the goose tightly with apples and cherry plum. The abdomen can be sewn up.

6. Step 5:

   

   In preheated to 200°From the oven to the lower level, put a deep baking tray with water, put the goose on the grill over the baking sheet. Cover the bird with foil and bake for about 15 minutes. Remove the foil, reduce the temperature to 180 ° C and bake the goose for another 50-60 minutes, pouring fat from the bottom baking sheet. Then reduce the temperature to 170 ° C and bake for another 50 minutes. When the wings are browned, you need to wrap them with foil so that they do not burn.

7. Step 6:

   

   Instead of fat from the bottom baking sheet, you can water the goose with a mixture of soy sauce and honey (1 tablespoon of honey for 3 tablespoons of soy sauce). So the bird will acquire new taste qualities and a beautiful golden crust.