G is for Goat
 
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PS Serve with rice, naan, a cucumber yogurt sauce or even a delicious Mango chutney
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1.5kg leg of goat, prepared with big slashes to the bone about 2 inches apart
  • 250g natural yoghurt
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • ¼ tsp ground cardamom
  • ½ tsp ground chilli
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp of tomato paste
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 3 cm grated ginger
  • Sea Salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
  1. Mix all the spices and yogurt and garlic and ginger and lemon juice together in a bowl
  2. Place the goat in a roasting tin and smother the marinade all over
  3. Wrap in cling film and leave for minimum 4 hours or overnight in the fridge
  4. Take goat out of the fridge 1 hour before roasting to bring to room temperature.
  5. Heat your oven to 160 degrees celcius
  6. Squeeze lemon juice into bottom of pan and pour ½ cup water in pan
  7. Scatter with a generous pinch of sea salt and pepper
  8. Wrap tin in foil and roast for about 2 hours until meat is coming away easily from the bone.
  9. If you want a crust on the goat, take the foil off for only 10 minutes at the end of cooking as it dries out very quickly.
Recipe by Dish and the Spoon at https://dishandthespoon.com/2015/06/28/g-is-for-goat/