Battered Kid Goat (Rebozado de Cabrito)
Origin: Lima
Source: Josefa Alvarez, 1890
Ingredients
- 1/4 kid goat (cabrito)
- vinegar
- oil
- pepper
- salt
- oregano
- garlic
- flour
- 6 eggs
- bread crumb (miga de pan)
- tomato juice
- raw-milk cream
- 3 spoonfuls olive oil
Instructions
- Marinate a quarter of kid goat two hours in an adobo of vinegar, oil, pepper, salt, oregano, and a touch of ground garlic.
- Make a firm paste of flour, six eggs, and enough water; knead well and rest one hour wrapped in a damp cloth.
- Roll the paste into a cake a little under a centimeter thick.
- Dry the kid leg, wrap it in the paste, and seal the edges with a little water.
- Cover with buttered strong paper and roast on the spit over moderate fire for three hours, then remove the paper so the paste browns.
- Serve with a separate sauce of bread crumb dissolved in tomato juice, thick raw-milk cream, one spoonful vinegar to three of olive oil, salt and pepper, beaten until combined.