{This is, obviously, a not-so-meatless recipe. Check back next week for a fresh and seasonal Meatless Monday recipe.}
As a devotee to all-things-dairy, I was excited to spot the “Goaterie” blog party mentioned on Twitter. Of course, there’s more to goat (or from) than cheese, so it seemed time to give the meat a try. Fortunately, I knew right where to turn for “happy” goat meat — Painted Hand Farm at the Bloomingdale Farmers Market in DC. When I asked which cut of meat would be best for cutting up, I was steered towards the leg — more meat than the shoulder. I bought two small leg pieces and headed home to research recipes. I originally had a curried dish in mind, but the Middle Eastern kabob recipe jumped out at me. I had read complaints about goat meat’s toughness, so I employed my favorite tenderizing marinade: yogurt. In this case, goats-milk yogurt, of course. The result was quite tasty — grilled to medium rare, the meat was still tender and moist. It has a flavor somewhat in between that of lamb and chicken, and in fact, goat meat has less saturated fat than even chicken. I used my favorite purple bell peppers from the market, but you can use any color you prefer.
Recipe: Middle Eastern Grilled Goat Kebabs
Adapted from Blue Kitchen
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/4 cup pomegranate molasses
- 1/2 cup goat milk yogurt
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 pounds trimmed goat meat, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 bell pepper, cut into chunks
- 6 bamboo or metal skewers
- pita bread
For yogurt sauce, layer the following in a small bowl:
- 1/2 cup goat milk yogurt
- 1 tomato, diced
- several leaves fresh mint, chopped
Instructions: Heat small skillet over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and stir until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Grind cumin in mortar; add garlic, salt, pepper, oregano and cinnamon and grind to a paste. In a large bowl or 1-gallon plastic bag, mix the spice mixture with pomegranate molasses and yogurt. Add goat meat and rub to coat pieces evenly with the marinade. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. While meat marinates, soak bamboo skewers (if using) in water.
Preheat grill to medium-high. Remove goat from marinade. Thread goat pieces and pepper pieces on to skewers. Grill, turning frequently, for 5-7 minutes for medium-rare. Serve with yogurt-tomato sauce and warm pita bread. Makes 3-4 servings.
This post is being shared with the Goaterie event hosted by Creative Culinary and La Fuji Mama. If you’re curious about cooking with goat meat, check out Goat: Meat, Milk, Cheese by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough.
8 responses so far ↓
1 An All-American Goat Cheese Tasting // Aug 1, 2011 at 7:56 am
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2 anya // Aug 4, 2011 at 8:12 am
This recipe seems so yummy. I miss having to eat these kabobs. I remember having to dine in jumeirah..that was my first time to taste this kind of arabic food..visiting these countries are really awesome.
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3 Honney Limmet // Aug 5, 2011 at 9:14 am
Thanks so much for mentioning Goaterie; we’ve had great response and hope everyone has had some fun with it. I so love the Purple Haze from Cypress Grove and somewhat surprisingly can say I loved it with some Virginia Viognier’s when I was part of a national tasting recently! Small world……
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4 Danissan Ramos // Aug 6, 2011 at 11:04 am
Yes me too Honney, i really love purple, thanks for sharing..
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5 Jackilyn // Aug 8, 2011 at 2:13 am
I miss eating this kind of food i miss going to Dubai the last time we went there we have so much good memory with my boyfriend.when we go to the restaurant i always order kebobs and there vegetables salad there.yummy!!!
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6 hundredmiller // Aug 8, 2011 at 12:32 pm
great recipe you have there! honestly i tried it but it got overcooked a little but we still enjoyed the eatable parts 😀 thanks for sharing!
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7 Kristen B. // Dec 22, 2011 at 10:10 am
I have tried kebabs before so I guess this one will taste so good. Goat is also nice meat to eat and I missed eating goat’s meat. Maybe I should try this recipe this Christmas.
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8 cheap beats by dr dre // Mar 6, 2012 at 2:28 am
and on the other side, you have waterrues post-injury, who was a level below everyone else last year.