To Dress a Goose

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 pints of cold water
• Flour
• Salt
• Pepper
• 2 large onions
• Sage
• Garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp of finely chopped thyme
• 1 tbsp of lard
• 1 tbsp of butter
• 1 slice of fat bacon
• 1 goose

Directions

1. Beat 2 eggs very light
2. Add 1 pint of cold water 
3. Stir in flour until the batter becomes stiff
4. Add salt and pepper to tase
5. Add 2 onions, sage, cloves, and 2 tbsp of thyme and stir
6. Put lard and butter into a pan, and add batter once it starts to boil
7. Pour batter into an oven-safe dish and add a goose
8. Place slice of bake on top and put dish into the oven
9. Add a pint of water to the dish and baste with flour as it cooks

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Megan D. Ruffolo

Louisiana Anthology

June 10, 2018