Roast Goose with Orange and Honey

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

1. 1
   Take the chicken out of the fridge 1 hour before baking.
2. 2
   Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Mix the garlic, honey, mustard, soy sauce, rosemary, thyme, salt and black pepper and rub the mixture into the chicken inside and out.

   💡Dry the chicken before seasoning so the mixture clings to the skin; a longer marinade gives deeper color and flavor.
3. 3
   Put the onion, orange and bay leaves into the cavity of the chicken.
4. 4
   Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F).

   ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven

   💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
5. 5
   Set the chicken on a rack over a baking pan, breast side up.

   Cooling rackBaking pan
6. 6
   Pour the orange juice into the bottom of the pan.
7. 7
   Bake uncovered 120 minutes, until the chicken browns. While baking, baste the chicken with the pan juices every 30 minutes.

   ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan

   💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
8. 8
   Raise the oven to 220°C (430°F) and bake 30 more minutes, until the chicken is browned.

   OvenBaking pan
9. 9
   Take the chicken out of the oven, let it rest 20 minutes and serve with the liquid from the pan as a sauce.