andrew's Profile

From: Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Joined: February 1st, 2009

About me: Welcome to Cookbooker! I've been cooking for years, and right now I'm especially interested in baking - artisan bread, pizza and various treats.

Favorite cookbook: Ad Hoc at Home

Favorite recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Latest review:

January 6th, 2013

Blueberry Muffins from Bouchon Bakery

These were okay muffins, but nothing special. I'd been led by the instructions to believe they would be something out of the ordinary - they have molasses, honey, lots of butter, and rest in in the fridge... read more >


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The Cook's Illustrated Complete Book of Poultry

By the Editors of Cook's Illustrated
Clarkson Potter - 1999

28th December 2009

Roasted Goose : page 427

This is a comprehensive and very useful guide to roasting a goose. We used it to roast our very first goose and it came out perfectly. I read various directions in other books and online, and this one was the most straightforward and detailed, so it was a perfect guide for a first-timer, especially since it's important to roast a goose correctly, to drain the thick layer of subcutaneous fat.

We did not use the stuffing they recommended, simply putting onion, garlic and lemons in the goose. Otherwise we followed this exactly and got a perfectly cooked bird. The only thing I'd wish they added was a bit more information about saving and using the fat - goose fat is quite healthy and highly prized for cooking and one of the best things about roasting a goose, but all they say is to bail it out of the roasting pan as it collects. We collected and strained it, keep it in a jar in the fridge, and use it for roasting potatoes.

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