Pica Pau
Pica pau is a spicy Portuguese dish featuring bite-sized pieces of beef or pork cooked in garlic, olive oil, white wine, and piri-piri sauce, often served with pickles and bread.
- Servings: 4
Source: Portugal Bay
Ingredients
- Japanese rice vinegar
- caster sugar
- fine sea salt
- bay leaves
- black peppercorns
- small head cauliflower
- carrots
- onion
- fresh piri piri
- garlic cloves
- olive oil
- dried piri piri or malagueta chillies
- tbs brandy or aguardente velha
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- tbs lemon juice
- tbs white wine vinegar
- A few black peppercorns
- tbs good-quality pork fat
- tbs olive oil
- garlic clove
- small long red chilli and halved lengthways)
- beef fillet
- thick-cut cured ham
- small gherkins
- About 1tbs dry white wine
- A small handful of parsley leaves
- Lemon wedges
- Piri piri oil )
- Sea salt flakes and ground white pepper