Bay-Laurel Kid in Milk

Ingredients

• kid (young goat)
• brains
• pepper
• lovage
• laser root
• bay berries
• pyrethrum
• liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
• salt
• sextarii milk
• spoonfuls honey
• oil
• wine
• defrutum (reduced grape must)
• wheat starch
• caul

Instructions

1. Bone the kid, remove the innards, and wash it.
2. Pound pepper, lovage, laser root, two bay berries, a little pyrethrum, and two or three brains; moisten with liquamen and season with salt. Strain two sextarii of milk and two spoonfuls of honey over the paste.
3. Stuff the intestines with the mixture, coil them over the kid, cover with caul or paper, and skewer.
4. Cook the kid in a pot with liquamen, oil, and wine. Half-way, grind pepper and lovage with the cooking juices and a little defrutum and stir it back in.
5. When fully cooked, garnish, thicken with wheat starch, and serve.