DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Goat Water
Keshia Sakarah’s selected goat water is a browned-goat stew with caramelised sugar, spices and vegetables, thickened with cornflour and served with bread.
About Goat Water
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Goat water is a stew associated with Montserrat. Keshia Sakarah’s selected version browns goat meat in oil and caramelised brown sugar, then simmers it with spices, thyme, garlic, Scotch bonnet, vegetables, bay leaves and prepared gravy browning. A cornflour mixture thickens the stew, which is served with supplied bread.
Supplied lemon juice is mixed into water in a large bowl. The supplied goat chunks are rinsed in that lemon water, drained, patted dry with kitchen paper and set aside.
Vegetable oil heats in a large saucepan. Brown sugar is stirred in and cooked until golden and caramelised. The goat is added and turned as it browns all over.
Cloves, allspice, ground mace, thyme, supplied peeled and crushed garlic, supplied chopped Scotch bonnet, celery, green pepper and onion are added with gravy browning, bay leaves and separate cooking water. The mixture comes to a boil, then simmers covered until the meat is very tender.
Cornflour is combined with separate water and added to the saucepan. The stew simmers uncovered until slightly thickened, to the consistency of single cream. The selected optional rum is stirred in, and the goat water is served with bread on the side.
Ingredients in Goat Water
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- Goat Meatprotein
- Onionbase
- Thymeseasoning
- Cinnamonseasoning
- Wheat flourbinder
- Watercooking medium
- Saltseasoning
- Waterbase
- Onionseasoning
- Green onionseasoning
- Wheat flourother
- Potatobase
- Chilli pepperseasoning
- Hot Pepperseasoning
- Cloveseasoning
- Garlicseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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Associations in the cited sources
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- Countries & places
- Montserrat
- Cooking traditions
- Montserratian
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.