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Angela Grundlingh has sent a second Portuguese recipe, for a dish which she says is "very pretty". At first glance it looks like sliced up scotch egg, but it's actually quite different!

Bife enrolado (rolled steaks) - served 4 to 6 people

portuguese rolled beefsteaksIngredients

  • 2 Tenderized beef steaks (thin)         
  • 1 onion cut in slices, 
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 4 Bacon slices                               
  • 3 ripe tomatoes
  • 2 boiled eggs                            
  • 1 can of beer, or sherry

Method

  1. Marinate the steak with salt and pepper and garlic a few hours in advance
  2. Place the bacon slices over the steaks and then the boiled egg on top,
  3. Roll the steak and tie it with string.
  4. Fry the onion rings and the garlic in some oil.
  5. Add the steak roll and flash fry them
  6. Add the tomatoes crushed and a beer.
  7. Stew the steaks in the pot for aprox 15 min.
  8. Add some peas and baby carrots to the stew
  9. Serve with white rice, chips or mash

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