{"id":853,"slug":"colonial-goose","title":"Colonial Goose","description":"Colonial goose is the name for a surprisingly effective preparation of roast leg of lamb.","ingredients_raw":["1 large leg of mutton","30 g (2 Tbsp) butter","1 large tablespoon clear honey","125 g (½ cup) dried apricots, finely diced","1 medium-sized onion, finely diced","1 cup fresh bread crumbs","¼ teaspoon of salt","¼ teaspoon of dried thyme","Freshly-ground black pepper","1 beaten egg","250 g (1 cup / 1–2 ea.) sliced carrots","2 large onions, sliced","1 bay leaf","3–4 crushed parsley stalks","1 not-quite-full cup of red wine such as claret"],"ingredients_norm":["leg of mutton","butter","clear honey","dried apricot","sized onion","fresh bread crumb","salt","dried thyme","ground black pepper","egg","carrot","onion","bay leaf","parsley stalk","not quite full cup of red wine such as claret"],"steps":["To prepare the stuffing, melt the butter and honey over low heat, add the other ingredients, and combine well.","Force the stuffing into the cavity in the meat, and sew it up with fine string.","Combine all marinade ingredients.","Place the leg into a plastic bag in a large bowl, and add the marinade mixture to the bag. Let marinate for 8 hours.","Bake mutton in oven at 180 °C for 2 hours, checking on progress at 90 minutes. If the meat looks like it is over-browning, it can be covered by foil.","Remove the string before carving.","Strain the marinade and use 3–4 tablespoons of the liquor to make gravy."],"categories":["Mutton recipes","New Zealand recipes","Roasted recipes","Marinade recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using bay leaf","Recipes using carrot","Recipes using bread crumb","Recipes using honey","Recipes using salt","Recipes using thyme","Recipes using pepper","Recipes using egg","Recipes using mutton"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Colonial_Goose","source_ref":"4513489","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Colonial_Goose&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"767007b0762ec1cbcea0f1558c016093229feaa25403304fc4cbab67c077ae19","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:59Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/colonial-goose"}