DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Alcatra da Terceira
Terceira beef and smoked pork belly braised with white wine, allspice and bay.
About Alcatra da Terceira
Maria Lawton presents this Terra Chá alcatra as a traditional preparation from Terceira in the Azores. Her version combines beef shank and seven-bone steak with smoked pork belly in the characteristic layered pot.
White wine, onion, garlic, bay and allspice season the meat. Butter enriches the broth, while the smoked pork contributes its savoury character.
The beef becomes tender around its bones in a rich cooking broth. Sweet bread accompanies the pot, with white rice selected from Lawton’s published serving options.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Alcatra da Terceira
Maria Lawton’s Terra Chá alcatra.
- Beef shank steaksProtein
- Beef seven-bone steakProtein
- Smoked pork bellyProtein
- White wineLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- ButterCooking medium
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- AllspiceSeasoning
- Bay leavesSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Massa sovada (sweet bread)Accompaniment
- White riceAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef shank steaks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Bone-bearing shank cut; source shank bones remain part of this input.
- Beef seven-bone steak: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader beef candidate; exact seven-bone cut retained.
- Smoked pork belly: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader pork-belly candidate; smoke/cure formula unspecified.
- White wine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit braising liquid; rinse verb alone does not add a water allocation.
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Allspice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only layer seasoning81.
- Massa sovada (sweet bread): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Broader sweet-bread candidate, not offal sweetbread. Separate full bread formula unprovided.
- White rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected explicit rice branch44/54 over boiled potatoes; separate full formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Portugal
- PortugalCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Azorean Cuisine
- Azorean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.