Goat water

Name: Goat water
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 lemon juiced; 1 kg goat meat cut into 5cm chunks; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp brown sugar or molasses; 2 tsp cloves; 2 tsp pimento; 2 tsp ground mace; a few thyme sprigs plus more to serve; 1/2 garlic bulb cloves peeled and crushed; 1 Scotch bonnet chilli chopped; 1 celery stick chopped; 1/2 green pepper chopped into 1½cm chunks; 1 red pepper finely chopped; 2 spring onions finely chopped; 1 onion chopped; 1 tsp gravy browning; 1-2 bay leaves; 1 tsp cornflour; 1 tbsp rum (optional); bread to serve; 1-2 tsp plain flour or cornflour

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:2h 30min

Make our version of goat water, a stew made with goat meat that's the national dish of Montserrat. It's a direct reflection of the island's African and Irish ancestries

Updated at: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:24:44 GMT