3 small red apples (such as Cox or Discovery), cut in half horizontally
1 medium-sized cooking apple, peeled, cored and cut into quarters
2 carrots, chopped into 2cm/戮in pieces
1 celery stick, chopped into roughly 2cm/戮 pieces
1 onion, peeled and quartered
1 onion, chopped
2 onions, finely chopped
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh sage leaves, plus extra sage leave to garnish
small bunch fresh thyme
2 heaped tbsp plain flour
2 bay leaves
freshly ground black pepper
100g/3陆oz fresh white breadcrumbs
1 tsp caster sugar
sea salt flakes
300ml/10fl oz giblet stock (from above)
goose giblets
1 x 5kg/11lb oven-ready goose
1 goose liver (optional)
500g/1lb 2oz good-quality sausage meat
250ml/9fl oz dry cider
2 tbsp goose fat (reserved from cooking the goose)