I've got some leftover goose legs/thighs from last fall and I'm thinking about smoking them. Anyone have a recipe they could share if you've tried this before?
I shoot a few geese every year and mosly make sausage. I did however make some jerky last year that was qutie good! I have tried smoked goose breast without any luck. I too like the taste of most wild game and use everything I kill, but for some reason the goose legs are always the last thing in the freezer :)Had me going there for a minute. I like the taste of wild game though and like to use what I shoot. I'm thinking I'll probably end up brining them. I smoked some goose breasts a few months ago but lost the recipe. It tasted excellent.
Sometimes you have to slow it down even more. Of course you know the 4/140 rule, but since you cured 'em that doesn't apply. Super low and slow. I know turkeys, drumsticks is done when the little hangie down thingie on the leg can be pulled out. It has a name, but its that place where all tendons come together at the foot end. They even have a tool to pull those little thingies off the leg. Go figure..... Anyway, that's how I judge when a drumstick is ready. I bet a goose is the same only tuffer!
Sprinkled some seasoning on them and wrapped them in bacon. Smoked at 200 for 3 hours till they reached 155. All in all they had a good flavor and tasted good. A little tough with the sinew and tendons but overall I'd do it again.