CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Meats, Dairy |
Italian |
|
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
2 |
lb |
Kid or lamb; boneless |
|
|
Salt to taste |
|
|
Black pepper to taste |
3 |
tb |
Butter |
2 1/2 |
ts |
Sage; fresh (or 1.5 tsp. ground) |
6 |
|
Juniper berries; crushed |
1 |
ts |
Chiles; dried (optional) |
1 |
tb |
Mint; fresh (or 1/2 tsp. dried) |
1/8 |
ts |
Cinnamon; ground |
1/8 |
ts |
Nutmeg (fresh if poss.) |
1 |
c |
Wine; white, dry |
1 |
c |
Cream; heavy |
1 |
tb |
Rum |
INSTRUCTIONS
(from: owlsprng@iol.ie (Diane Duane), chile-heads, 25Apr96)
This is the recipe I use for it when the season comes around...which is
about now. Those of our neighbors who raise dairy goats are suddenly faced
with about 50% billy kids which they don't need and can't use. Most of them
make their way to specialty butchers and high-priced restaurants in Dublin.
But they have to get past *me* first.
:)
The recipe is from the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, Tessin or
Ticino. (It also works brilliantly with lamb.)
Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle the meat with the salt and
pepper. Heat the butter in a casserole, and add the sage, juniper berries,
(chilies,) mint, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3
mins. Add meat and brown on all sides. Lower heat and add wine. Simmer,
covered, until meat is tender (it took me a little more than an hour with
the kid I had).
Remove meat and keep warm. Strain the sauce. Put the sauce back in the
casserole, and stir in the cream and rum. Bring to a boil and reduce to the
consistency of heavy cream. Return the meat to the sauce and heat through.
Serve with dry boiled rice and green peas. (it says here: but I served it
with wide homemade egg noodles, and I think that works better than rice
would, even if not strictly the way they would do it in Locarno.)
Naturally you could add fresh green or red chilies to this mixture as well.
Steeping them in the rum first might be an interesting thought.
Yield: 4 servings
Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V4 #139 by Brent Thompson
<brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com> on Sep 29, 1997
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