Espetada Madeirense

Name: Espetada Madeirense
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 1kg beef sirloin or rump cubed; 8 cloves garlic minced; 2 tbsp sea salt; 1 tbsp lard or butter; 8 bay leaves; crusty bread to serve

Madeiran beef skewers — cubes of beef marinated in garlic and bay, grilled on laurel wood skewers over a fire.

Total time

25 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Portuguese

Ingredients

1kgbeef sirloin or rump cubed

8 clovesgarlic minced

2 tbspsea salt

1 tbsplard or butter

8bay leaves

crusty breadto serve

Instructions

Mix garlic and salt to a paste. Rub into beef. Marinate 2+ hours.

Thread beef onto skewers alternating with bay leaves.

Grill over hot charcoal or high heat 8–10 minutes turning.

Brush with lard or butter while resting.

Serve suspended over plates to catch the juices with crusty bread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

125

Protein

Fat

3.4g

Carbs

30g

Fiber

10.5g

Sodium

2875mg

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