Grilled goat skewers

So this is a different one for me.  Normally we don't eat goat meat in America but when I find something new I will try it.  I found a recipe on Formerchef.  So this is what we will be grilling today.

Ingredients for the meat and marinade:

• Goat meat
• 2 cups Greek yogurt, plain (3 cups for both marinade and yogurt sauce)
• 2 tsp ground sumac
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp ground pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• juice of one lime

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl except the meat.  In my marinade I left out the sumac.  That was only cause I did not have time to stop by an Indian grocery.  Make sure it is mixed well.  Trim any fat or bones from the meat.  Ideally you want to have the same sized cubes to insure all pieces cook the same.  Otherwise you will have rare and well done on the same skewer.  Place the meat in a large Ziploc freezer bag and add the marinade.   Place in the fridge overnight.

Ingredients for the yogurt sauce:

• 1 cup Greek yogurt plain
• 4oz grated cucumber 
• juice of half a lime
• salt and pepper

You can make this at the same time as the marinade.  Store it in the fridge and mix again before serving.

Directions for the cook:

1. Start your charcoal and set it up for direct heat.
2. Once the grate is heated up place your skewers over the coals.
3. Turn them every 2-3 minutes, get a little char on the skewers.  Mine took about 9 minutes to do, I pulled them when the yogurt marinade was no longer wet looking.
4. Lightly toast a couple pieces of flat bread or pita on the grill as well.
5. Serve on your plate with a big helping of the yogurt sauce.

I found this to be really nice diversion from what I usually cook.  The goat meats marinade had a very Middle Eastern flavor to it.  As for the goat meat itself, it did not taste bad nor was it gamey.  If you can find goat give it a shot, it is not bad.