Portuguese Espetada (Beef Skewers) Recipe
Espetada is a traditional Portuguese dish featuring large cubes of beef that are marinated in salt and garlic, then skewered and grilled on a bay leaf stick.
Ingredients
- Beef tenderloin – 2.2 lbs
- Garlic – 2 heads
- Bay (laurel) – 1 branch
- Coarse salt – to taste
- Black pepper – to taste
Instructions
- Take the meat and cut it into cubes of equal sizes. Keep them aside.
- Next, take the garlic, black pepper, and the bay leaves and crush them in a mortar.
- Using laurel wood skewers, skewer the beef. You can also use iron skewers if you don’t have laurel wood skewers. While skewering, keep in mind to make sure that all the fatty parts of the meat are facing the same side.
- Next take the meat and season it with the freshly prepared garlic, black pepper and bay leaves mixture.
- Sprinkle a little bit of salt on top (according to taste) and cook over embers. Make sure to cook from all sides until the meat turns brown in color and remember to keep turning it continuously.
- Once the espetadas are cooked completely, get rid of excess salt by striking two skewers against each other.
- Serve hot with bolo de caco (Madeiran flatbread), Miloh Frito (fried cornmeal), and some garlic butter and there you have it, your espetada is ready to be eaten!
Nutrition
Calories: 666kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 49gFat: 49gSaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 170mgSodium: 232mg
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