Capretto

“Tasting this dish, which was cooked in Salvatore’s treasured wood-fired oven in his home, you understand the unique flavour that inspires him to light a fire and cook simple recipes like this. It tastes incredible – simple and perfect and unlike anything you could cook in a conventional oven. Salvatore says: ‘This dish is unique to Calabria, with its combination of exotic spice and local ingredients. The addition of cinnamon is a gift from the Saracen invasions of the region many centuries ago and adds a warmth and intriguing depth to the otherwise simple dish. The mountainous terrain of Calabria meant that beef was rarely consumed but goat was readily available and eggplant is a staple of many dishes in the region, abundant in the summer months. If you cannot get hold of goat, young lamb makes a good substitute.’” Maeve O'Meara, Food Safari Fire