What is Cabrito called in Italy?

In Italy, Cabrito is known as Capretto.

What is Cabrito called in France?

In France, Cabrito is known as Cabri.

What is Cabrito called in the United States?

In the United States, Cabrito is known as Kid goat.

What is Cabrito called in the United Kingdom?

In the United Kingdom, Cabrito is known as Kid goat.

What part of the lamb does Cabrito come from?

Cabrito comes from the Whole section of the lamb.

Cabrito

Lamb · Whole

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Cabrito is known in English as Kid goat.

Also called

🇺🇸🇬🇧Kid goat🇫🇷Cabri🇮🇹Capretto

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→ How it's cooked: Cabrito al Pastor (Spit-Roasted Kid Goat, Monterrey Style)

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Milk-fed kid goat — the iconic Iberian-peninsula Easter dish and the signature meat of Monterrey, Nuevo León in northern Mexico. The young goat (typically 30–45 days old, 4–8 kg) is butterflied and slow-roasted whole on an *asador* over hot coals (Mexican Monterrey style: 3–4 hours, basted with a salt-and-water mixture, served with tortillas, salsa, and frijoles), or roasted whole in a wood-fired clay oven (Castilian / Aragonese / Portuguese Easter style: 2–3 hours, served with potatoes and aioli). Despite the goat-not-lamb species distinction, cabrito is grouped with lamb culinarily everywhere it's eaten — same age class, same cooking treatments, similar cultural role as ceremonial centerpiece. Distinct from suckling lamb (*cordero lechal*, id 78) by species, and from grown goat (*cabra*) by age and tenderness.

Names by country

Country	Name	Notes
🇺🇸United States	Kid goat	US specialty / Latino markets; sometimes "young goat" or "chevon" for older animals.
🇬🇧United Kingdom	Kid goat
🇲🇽Mexico	Cabrito	Signature dish of Monterrey, Nuevo León — cabrito al pastor slow-roasted on an asador over hot coals.
🇫🇷France	Cabri	French cabri / chevreau; less central than agneau but a tradition in southern France and Corsica.
🇪🇸Spain	Cabritoprimary	Iberian Easter dish; whole-roasted in wood-fired clay ovens in Castile, Aragón, and northern regions.
🇵🇹Portugal	Cabrito	Iberian Easter and festive dish; whole-roasted in clay or wood-fired ovens, especially in northern Portugal.
🇧🇷Brazil	Cabrito	Brazilian-northeast tradition (cabrito de capote in Pernambuco and Bahia); also celebrated in southern-Brazilian churrasco settings.
🇮🇹Italy	Capretto	Italian Easter tradition; capretto al forno roasted with potatoes and rosemary.

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Similar cuts

Leitão da Bairradaapproximate

All three — leitão, cordero lechal, and cabrito — are whole-roasted very-young animals at the centre of Iberian-peninsula festive food traditions. Different species, parallel cultural roles.

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Cordero lechalapproximate

Both Iberian-tradition very-young milk-fed animals, both Easter centerpieces, both whole-roasted in clay ovens. Cordero lechal is the suckling-lamb version (Castilian PGI); cabrito is the kid-goat counterpart.

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Abbacchioapproximate

Both very-young milk-fed animals at the centre of European spring/Easter food traditions — abbacchio is the Roman suckling-lamb version, cabrito is the Iberian kid-goat counterpart.

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