Ganseklein or Schwarzsauer

Ingredients

• the wings, feet, neck, heart, gizzard, and the blood of several geese
• Yf tablespoonful salt
• 2 onions with 3 cloves stuck into each one
• 1 bay leaf
• 12 whole peppers
• 3 sprigs of parsley tied together with 1 sprig of thyme
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 tablespoonfuls flour
• 1 quart from the broth in which the goose trimmings are cooked
• 1 tablespoonful sugar
• Y4 teaspoonful pepper

Method

1. 1

   Put the feet for 1 minute into boiling water, then rub off the skin, cut off the nails, remove the eyes from the head, chop off the bill, cut the neck into 3, the wings into 2 pieces; wash all in cold water, place in a saucepan, and cover with water.

2. 2

   Add salt, onions, bay leaf, whole peppers, and parsley.

3. 3

   Cook till tender.

4. 4

   Melt butter, add flour, stir and cook 2 minutes; add broth, boil 5 minutes; add blood and vinegar to taste, sugar, and pepper, cook 2 minutes; strain into a clean saucepan.

5. 5

   Take goose pieces, put them in the sauce, and serve with bread, farina, or potato dumplings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 276. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ganseklein or Sehwarzsauer.— Take the wings, feet, neck, heart, gizzard, and the blood of several geese. Put the feet for 1 minute into boiling water, then take them Out, rub off the skin, cut off the nails, remove the eyes from the head, chop off the bill, cut the neck into 3, the wings into 2 pieces ; wash all in cold water, place in a saucepan, and cover with water. Set the saucepan over the fire, add to every quart of water Yf tablespoonful salt, 2 onions with 3 cloves stuck into each one, 1 bay leaf, 12 whole peppers, 3 sprigs of parsley tied together with 1 sprig of thyme, cover and cook till tender. Melt 2 ounces butter in a saucepan, add 2 table- spoonfuls flour, stir and cook 2 minutes ; add 1 quart from the broth in which the goose trimmings are cooked, boil 5 minutes ; add the blood and sufficient vinegar to give it a nice sour taste ; add 1 tablespoonful sugar and Y4 teaspoonful pepper

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