Tag Archive for: portuguese beef recipes

Filet Mignon with Mushrooms

Marinated Beef Skewers (Espetada)

My Maderian friends brag about their Marinated Beef Skewers (Espetada).  Simply marinated and grilled, it needs very little to accompany it.  Alas, unless you have a bay leave shrub growing in your yard or a pot,  you won’t have branches…
Garlic Nailed Steak

Garlic Nailed Steak

Garlic Nailed Steak (Prego no Pão) is one of the earliest cooking methods for Portuguese steak that  I learned from my aunt.  It is simple, but you can up the level with serving an egg on top. Serves 2 to 3 1/2 pound of rump or  sirloin…
Filet Mignon with Mushrooms

Caçoila

Caçoila is a stew I prepare around the winter "matanca", a time when pigs are processed for consumption.  This version is an easy one pot dish. I make this particular stew, from the island of Pico, in the Azores, which is made with beef. …
Filet Mignon with Mushrooms

Filet Mignon with Mushrooms

This Filet Mignon with Mushrooms is an upscale steak dish served at a former Lisbon restaurant.  Though it is not traditional, it has rave reviews. Filet Mignon with Mushrooms never was a typical dish in Portugal, however, all this has changed. …