Cabrito de Extremadura is a protected designation (PGI) indicating a specific type of goat meat from the autonomous Spanish community of Extremadura. Cabrito de Extremadura includes meat from kids (young goats) born, raised, and slaughtered within Extremadura.
These goats belong to various local breeds such as verata, retinta, florida, malagueña, murciano-granadina, blanca andaluza, serrana, payoya, or their crossbreeds. The designation covers two categories: "cabrito lechal de Extremadura", referring to young goats slaughtered under 50 days with a carcass weight of up to 6 kilograms, and "cabrito de Extremadura", encompassing broader specifications.
The kids are fed exclusively on maternal milk, raised in extensive or semi-extensive systems within the unique ecosystem of the dehesa in Extremadura. This method of rearing contributes to the meat's distinctive characteristics, including its color, fat content, supreme tenderness, moderate level of intramuscular fat infiltration, and pleasant texture.
This milk has special properties due to the breed, topographical, and climatic conditions, and these qualities are imparted to the meat, distinguishing it from goat milk and meat produced outside of Extremadura.
