Christmas goose dinner

Gordon Ramsay shows you how to cook the chef's choice of Christmas main courses – a golden goose. Keep the fat to use through the winter months

Make roast goose the star of Christmas dinner. Roasting the legs separately ensures everything is perfectly cooked, while the long resting time frees up the oven and allows the meat to retain its juiciness. The goose can be prepared up to step 4 a day ahead and the spice rub adds aromatic flavour to the meat. Make this roast goose as part of our zero-waste Christmas dinner for six. The wings and giblets make a fantastic base for goose gravy and the goose liver can be used to make stuffing.

When it comes to alternative Christmas mains, why have turkey when you can have delicious, succulent roast goose? This whole roast goose recipe goes especially well with spiced red cabbage and hasselback potatoes. First time cooking a goose? Read our handy guide on how to roast a goose perfectly.

This recipe for roast goose—filled with a bacon-and-brussels sprout stuffing—comes from Brian Alberg of the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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Goose is a delicious alternative to turkey at Christmas. This recipe will show you how to cook goose and create a beautiful roast goose for Christmas.

While it’s true that goose has the older pedigree as the traditional Christmas roast, I find it suitable only if you haven’t got a huge tableful to feed: I reckon that you can feed six comfortably with one bird, though you can of course stretch that out with an exuberant supply of side dishes. And it is undeniably fabulously festive. The sharp-sweet stuffing — a mixture of grainy-fleshed pears and astringent cranberries — becomes imbued with the flavour-deep juices of the goose as it cooks…

Roast goose makes a great alternative to turkey and is delicious with madeira gravy. It's also easier than you might think

Food Wishes Video Recipes: Goose

Jamie's Christmas roast goose recipe is packed with festive flavours and has an easy make-ahead option to help you get prepped for the big day.