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Marinated Smoked Goose Breast Recipe
This marinated smoked goose breast recipe, rich in soy sauce and sweet molasses is an absolute delight and with supremely lean meat, goose is a healthy option too.
Before the successful intense lobbying by the National Turkey Growers Association to make Turkey our Christmas meal, the traditional bird was goose.
You can no doubt see from the picture above that goose meat is nothing like that of either chicken or turkey. It is a much darker meat and more akin to beef in texture.
“Don’t like goose – it’s dry and tough” I hear folks complain. Well you’ve never had it cooked this way then.
The marinade below succeeds in adding bucket loads of flavour together with a little chili kick and at the same time serves to keep the results beautifully succulent. In addition and as an extra insurance policy, smoke it on a pre-soaked cooking plank over a water bath.
Preparation Time:- 5 mins Marinade Time:- Overnight Cooking Time:- 90 mins
Mix the soy sauce and molasses in your marinade bowl and stir in the brown sugar. Spoon in the chili flakes and marinate the goose breast overnight making sure that the meat is fully immersed in the marinade. Refrigerate throughout the marinade process.
When you are ready to cook, remove the goose breasts from the marinade, rinse them and allow them to hang dry for about 30 minutes.
Set your smoker off at 110°C or 225°F and insert a water bath using hot water from a kettle underneath the cooking grid. Place the goose breasts on a pre soaked cooking plank and smoke them for approximately 90 minutes.
When cooked slice generously on the diagonal and plate up.