GOAT CURRY WITH BAJAN SPICES
GOAT CURRY WITH BAJAN SPICES
GOAT CURRY WITH BAJAN SPICES

Ingredients
  • 8 dried Scotch bonnet chillies
  • 8 tbsp dried thyme
  • 4 tbsp sweet smoked paprika
  • 4 tbsp dried parsley
  • 4 tbsp allspice berries
  • 4 tbsp black peppercorns
  • 8 tsp onion powder
  • 8 tsp ground ginger
  • 12 tsp sea salt
  • 8 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp cloves
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 15 dried lime leaves
  • left whole
  • 4 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp turmeric
  • 4 tsp curry powder
  • 250g/9oz goat scrag-end and bones
  • cut into pieces
  • 500g/1lb 2oz goat leg and bones
  • cut into pieces
  • 2 litres/3½ pints beef stock
  • 1 large white onion
  • roughly chopped
  • 1 celery stick
  • finely roughly chopped
  • 1 whole leek
  • trimmed and roughly chopped
  • 1 carrot
  • peeled and roughly chopped
  • 100g/3½oz tomato purée
  • 50g/1¾oz plain flour
  • 1 head of garlic
  • left whole
  • 5 thyme sprigs
  • 2 rosemary sprigs
  • 1 tbsp Bajan spice mix
  • 300g/10½oz kid goat rolled loin
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 yellow plantain
  • peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 courgette
  • sliced
  • 3 broad bean pods
  • double podded
  • 3 plum vine tomatoes
  • peeled
  • deseeded and finely diced
  • 1 banana shallot
  • peeled and finely diced
  • 3 mint leaves
  • finely chopped
  • 3 lovage leaves
  • finely chopped
  • 100ml/3½floz rapeseed oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • To make the spice mix
  • put all the ingredients into a spice or coffee grinder. Blend to a fine powder and transfer to an airtight container.
  • To make the curry sauce
  • melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the goat bones and goat leg and brown on all sides. Add the onion
  • celery
  • leek and carrots and cook
  • stirring occasionally for 2–3 minutes or until softened. Add the tomato paste and flour and cook for another minute
  • then add the garlic
  • herbs and the stock and cook for 30–40 minutes.
  • Strain the sauce into a clean pan and bring to the boil. Simmer until the volume of the stock has reduced by two thirds and you have a thick and glossy sauce.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
  • Put the goat loin in a roasting tray and cook for 5–7 minutes. Remove from the pan and allow to rest.
  • Melt the butter in a large frying pan
  • add the plantain and courgette and broad beans and cook for 4–5 minutes. Meanwhile
  • reheat the curry sauce
  • Mix together the tomatoes shallots
  • lovage
  • mint and rapeseed oil and season with salt and pepper.
  • Slice the lamb and put onto a large serving platter. Pour over the sauce and top with the vegetables. Garnish with the tomato salad and serve.