Five-Hour Goat
- 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced, plus 20 whole peeled garlic cloves
- 2 3- to 4-pound goat legs, trimmed of fat and caul
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Salt
- ground black pepper
- 2 small onions, thinly sliced
- 4 carrots, peeled and cut into 3-inch chunks
- 1 bouquet garni
- 1 cup dry white wine
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Use a paring knife to make many small incisions around each leg, inserting a slice of garlic in each (use 3 cloves for each leg).
- Place legs in a large heavy Dutch oven with a tight-fitting lid.
- Rub meat with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add whole garlic cloves, onions, carrots, bouquet garni and wine.
- Place lid on pan and place in oven.
- Braise legs until meat is very tender and almost falling off the bone, 5 to 6 hours.
- Check occasionally to be sure contents do not become dry, adding water as necessary.
- When done, transfer meat and vegetables to a platter and keep warm.
- Skim fat from surface of liquid in pan.
- To serve, cut meat off bones and place in wide shallow bowls with onion, carrot and garlic.
- Top with broth spooned from pan.
garlic, goat, olive oil, salt, ground black pepper, onions, carrots, bouquet garni, white wine
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012472 (may not work)