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{{Short description|Preparation of roast leg of lamb or mutton}}
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| main_ingredient = Mutton or lamb
| minor_ingredient = Honey, dried apricots, breadcrumbs, onion, parsley, thyme or sage
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'''Colonial goose''' is a preparation of roast leg of [[Domestic sheep|lamb]] or [[mutton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/how-australians-talk-about-tucker-is-a-story-thatll-make-you-want-to-eat-the-bum-out-of-an-elephant-121492|title=How Australians talk about tucker is a story that'll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant|date=23 September 2019|accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> popular as a dish in New Zealand until the last quarter of the 20th century.

Early [[Colony|colonial]] pioneers in New Zealand had [[sheep]] aplenty, but [[goose]] was relatively scarce. To prepare dishes similar to those they had back home in [[England|the old country]] the pioneers were very inventive.  Colonial goose is now a recognised classic, with some restaurants featuring it as a main attraction at [[Winter solstice|midwinter festivities]] (21 June in New Zealand).

It involves the careful boning out of a leg of lamb, stuffing it with [[honey]] and dried [[apricots]], in addition to traditional stuffing based on [[breadcrumb]]s, [[onion]], [[parsley]] and [[thyme]] or [[Salvia officinalis|sage]], and then [[marination|marinating]] it in a [[red wine]]-based marinade which gives it the appearance of goose when cooked.

The 1919 cookbook ''First Catch Your Weka: A Story of New Zealand Food'' by David Veart, contains a recipe for colonial goose.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/88709097/sam-mannering-cooks-a-colonial-goose-recipe-from-1919|title=Sam Mannering cooks a colonial goose recipe from 1919|first=Thomas|last=Heaton|date=14 March 2017|accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Food}}
* [[List of lamb dishes]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [[Wikibooks:Cookbook:Colonial Goose|Colonial goose recipe at Wikibooks Cookbook]]

[[Category:New Zealand cuisine]]
[[Category:Lamb dishes]]


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