Old Fashioned Wild Duck/Goose Gumbo
- 1 duck or 1 goose
- 1 lb smoked pork sausage
- 12 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped bell pepper
- 1 cup chopped onion tops
- 14 cup parsley
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- Cut up the duck or goose and season with salt and pepper.
- Pour cooking oil into large black iron pot or any other heavy cooking pot.
- Heat oil and add cut up duck or goose.
- Brown all sides of meat, gradually adding small amounts of water to keep it from burning.
- Keep browning it until you get a good dark crust on the bottom and sides of the pot.
- When it's browned enough, remove the meat and pour off any excess oil left in pot.
- Return meat to pot and add enough water to cover the meat.
- Cut up the sausage into thick slices and add it to the pot.
- Add all of the chopped vegetables and additional salt and pepper.
- You can also use optional seasonings, like 'Tony Chachere's' or 'Slap Ya Mama' if you can get your hands on it.
- Simmer until the meat is tender - this is the key.
- Ducks will tenderize alot quicker than geese will.
- I have simmered geese as long as 3 or 4 hours - to the point where the vegetables had all cooked to nothing.
- I happen to like alot of 'floaties' in my gumbo, so, if that happens, I add more and cook until they're also tender.
- Keep adding water as it cooks down to keep the level up.
- Turn gumbo off for a while so that any excess grease or oil from the sausage will rise to the top, then skim it off.
- Ladle this into a bowl of steamed long grain rice and serve with a side of potato salad.
- Good on cold, wet winter days.
- Well worth the effort.
goose, pork sausage, vegetable oil, onion, bell pepper, onion tops, parsley, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-wild-duck-goose-gumbo-148398 (may not work)