Kid Cooked ‘Shepherd-style’

Name: Kid Cooked ‘Shepherd-style’ (Capretto alla Moda del Pastore)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon finely sliced sage leaves; 1 clove garlic, finely sliced; salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; ¼ cup (60 ml) extra virgin olive oil; 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped; plain flour, for dusting; 1 tablespoon thyme leaves; 1 × 1.2 kg leg baby goat, deboned; 1 cup (250 ml) Vermentino or other dry white wine; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, roughly crushed; 1 tablespoon finely sliced mint leaves; 1 clove garlic, peeled and bruised; 2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary leaves; 10 g butter; 1 brown onion, roughly chopped

Capretto alla Moda del Pastore

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Sardinian Cookbook

By Giovanni Pilu and Roberta Muir

Published 2012

About

The Italian word for shepherd, pastore, comes from the same root as pasture, so a pastore may herd any animals that graze the pastures – sheep, goats or even cows – and this dish is commonly cooked with both lamb and kid. It can be served with Chicory with Citrus, Braised Fennel, Raw Vegetable Salad or, as in the photo, my mum’s Potato and Oni