The goose showcase by chef Piotr Lenart at Gozdawa Palace (at Łochocin) was one of the memorable highlights of my trip to Poland in Dec 2019. A deprived goose lover from Singapore where no goose is sold, I had been looking forward to this goose festa since I saw it in the trip itinerary.
Gozdawa Palace near Włocławek (2.5 hours drive northwest of Warsaw) is a grand mansion famous for wedding banquets, conferences, and special events like today's goose culinary workshop. It also has a popular restaurant.
Gozdawa Palace owner Anita Wituska with chef Piotr Lenart.
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Chef Piotr Lenart is a renowned expert, advocate and ambassador of traditional Polish cuisine. The effable, passionate chef has an infectious enthusiasm for Polish culinary heritage.
The goose for today's showcase came from a nearby farm. Chef Piotr Lenart made preparing a whole goose look deceptively easy. Pausing now and again to explain the process to us while his sharp knife slided through the goose like a hot blade through butter, Chef Piotr Lenart disposed of the over 3 kilo bird in 10 minutes. Otherwise, Chef can cut up a bird in 1 minute.
Look at the huge amount of meat from just one goose. Every part of the goose is used, from neck to breast, leg, feet to offal. Fine Polish goose are much sought after and Poland is the largest exporter of geese in the European Union.
Polish oat goose is to Poland like Iberian pig is to Spain. Just as Iberian pigs ready for market are fattened with acorn, Polish geese are free range and fattened with oats two weeks before sending to the market. I hope they come to Singapore.
Germany is today the largest importer of Polish goose - it has always been. In the old days, Polish farmers used to coat the webbed feet of their geese with thick black tar and marched them over the border to Germany 😄 It's called "
Chef Piotr Lenart amazed us with the many different dishes he can make with every part of the goose.
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The dish that caught my eye on the spread was goose "ham".
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Goose sausage stuffed with ground offal.
Goose pâté stuffed in a sleeve of goose neck.
Goose salami and sausage.
In Poland, there will always be pierogies. The quintessential Polish pierogi dumpling is usually filled with beef, veal, pork or chicken and sometimes with goose meat like here tonight.
Roast goose.
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Amazing goose tartare. Ground goose meat and fat from the leg folded with herbs, pepper and garlic. The natural sweetness of the goose complemented and accentuated by the herbs was simply amazing. With more than a dozen hearty goose dishes to go through, I came back for the goose tartare three times (because I know I won't have another taste of this unless I come back to Poland). Goose fat is rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6 acids, so eating more can only be good for you 😄
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Another memorable dish of the evening was this goose blood soup. As I enjoy pork and chicken blood dishes, I was excited to try this goose blood dish. It's goose blood cooked with vinegar. In the brownish soup there's lumpy pieces of bouncy chewy dough referred to as "noodles".
The soup tastes savoury with pronounced sour taste from vinegar. Many people love the taste but there is a group of people who are heart broken when they see goose blood 💔 In Polish custom, when a suitor visits his prospective bride's house and is served goose blood soup, the answer is no 😓
First farmed in the 17th century, goose is a traditional dish in Poland usually eaten during Saint Martin's Day and Poland's Independence Day on 11 November. The meat is enjoying a resurgence and eaten throughout the year.
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During my Poland trip, I had at least a dozen goose dishes from Warsaw, Lodz, Torun to Gdansk. Come to beautiful Poland, and enjoy their goose. Poland Tastes Good 😋
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Restaurant name: Pałacyk Gozdawa
Address: Łochocin 6, 87-600 Łochocin, Poland
Tel: +48 794 408 727 (If you like to have what we had, please call ahead to arrange)
Hours: 10:00am - 6:00pm (Monday closed)
Date: 1 - 5 Dec 2019
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