Goose blood tart anyone?

[purplepoppy]

I've been looking up traditional Christmas recipes and I've found this great one for goose blood tart. Apparently it was very popular in one town.

I'm not sure why it wasn't as popular in other towns. Goose blood isn't easy to source these days, but based on the recipe do you think it would make a nice change from mince pies this Christmas?

The Recipe

You will need

short-crust pastry

blood from a number of geese

one pound currants

one pound soft brown sugar

half a pound shredded suet

three teaspoonfuls mixed spice

four wooden spoonfuls golden syrup

a little salt

Method

Keep the blood of about three geese in a greased basin and immerse this basin in a saucepan half full of water.

Boil for about three hours and then allow the blood to cool and set in the basin.

Take approximately half a pound of the solidified blood and rub it between the fingers to make fine crumbs.

Then add it to the syrup and all other ingredients and mix well with a wooden spoon.

Spread this mixture thickly between two layers of pastry on a plate or shallow tin and bake in a hot oven for approximately half an hour.

[mstbooblover]

Never heard about goose blood being used as cooking ingredient. Strictly spoken why not considering the similar but widespread traditional black-pudding. Still, the kind of recipe involving goose blood supposes a place where geese are omnipresent in great numbers.

[Staximus]

That sounds absolutely foul. Why not get rid of the goose blood, suet, and most of the sugar. Make a meat pie with chopped browned lean pork , dried currants , a little brown sugar, a little fresh rosemary and thyme, candied orange peel, walnuts, sauteed onions, black pepper, garlic, and a dash of Worcestershire or red wine vinegar.

[MrOracle]

I'll pass. I'm neither rich enough or poor enough to eat that stuff. No pate and no blood pudding either.

In a world with apple, pumpkin, and chocolate cream pies, who needs it? Lol.

[Guido]

I just like tarts. The kind you eat and the other kind too.

[Paul09]

Why? Why? And why? Humans are so nasty and useless.

[Jerre]

I’m going to have to pass on the Goose Blood tart.

[Cutegirl06]

Goose blood? Sounds gross 😝

[Sparkie460]

No thanks I'll pass on that.

[Surely]

No thank you! Same with blood pudding.