Kapamas

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Kapamas is a meat specialty that hails from the Greek island of Rhodes, where it is traditionally prepared for Easter. It usually consists of a kid goat that’s been filled with a combination of rice, onions, tomatoes, and parsley. The dish is typically flavored with the addition of pine nuts, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, salt, and pepper. Customarily, the stuffed goat is thrown into a traditional wood fire oven and left to bake long and slow, usually from Holy Saturday afternoon until the following day. On Easter Sunday, the stuffed kid goat is taken out of the oven and enjoyed while still hot. Kapamas may also be prepared with lamb instead of kid goat, and it can be savored at many local tavernas throughout the island. Similar dishes are traditionally made on other Greek islands as well.