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.

