GiuliaPiraino

When we were in Lisbon we what seemed to be a very common dish in restaurants, it was either a very thin steak or pieces of red meat in a yellow colored gravy. I am trying to find out what this dish is called so I can find a recipe and try to recreate it at home if the spices are available. I thought maybe the yellow was from turmeric, but I don't know the name of the dish! It was on almost every menu in Lisbon and Belem, so I think it's a very typical dish, at least in that area. For example, at the mall down the street, Armazens do Chiado, in the food court their was even a big glossy photo of it at one of the fast food restaurants, so it's got to be pretty common. I'm sure it's something very simple, but I'd love to find a recipe if anyone knows what this dish is called!

GiuliaPiraino

Shoot I hate that you can't edit after you post. I meant to say "we ATE what seemed to be a very common dish".

GiuliaPiraino

Groan...I wrote their instead of there. I have a headache, not typing well.

GiuliaPiraino

This person posted a picture of it but they only call the gravy "house sauce". http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwny/21...57603497770127

CYESQ

I don't know the answer to your question, but you might try using the "preview" button before you submit your post. You can then make changes and corrections.

GiuliaPiraino

Yes, I'd say that's a great idea my friend.

CYESQ

One of my colleagues lives in Portugal. I'll ask him if he knows what it is.

valtor

Maybe this will help, I found this in internet:

The Portuguese steak, bife, is a slice of fried beef or pork served in a wine-based sauce with fried potatoes, rice, or salad. To add a few more calories to this dish an egg, sunny side up, may be placed on top of the meat, in which case the dish acquires a new name, bife com um ovo a cavalo, steak with an egg on horseback

So, search in Google for bife com um ovo a cavalo, there are a lot of recipes.

If you find and try it, please let us know how it was and teh recipe.

StCirq

Google is your friend. Two seconds pulled up loads and loads of possibilities:

http://www.food.com/recipe/portuguese-steak-243729

GiuliaPiraino

Hmmmm...that photo doesn't quite look like the right sauce. I tried googling but the recipes I came up with didn't seem to add up to the thickish yellow sauce (I love to cook so I'm pretty good at hashing out recipes). I found a photo on google of bife trinchado which looked like it had yellow sauce but then the recipe called for red wine and few spices that I definitely didn't taste. I will keep googling!

GiuliaPiraino

Apparently the yellow sauce where WE tasted it is this restaurant's house sauce and they're not telling! http://www.portugalia.pt/

StCirq

Well, if you go to their website they tell you you can order their steak in mustard sauce, so that would explain the yellow (along with the butter, olive oil, and lemon).

GiuliaPiraino

I FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!! I vaguely remembered having a "friend" on Facebook from Lisbon so I forwarded him the photo, here is his response:
"it calls "bife á Portugalia"...its a legende allready in Lisbon...but secret is the sauce...i hope you have enjoy it...!!! but only in that restaurante is called like that...in other places is call a "Bitoque"...kkkk"

So I googled Bitoque and found this recipe http://www.foodie.co.nz/Recipes/bito...y-paul-jo.aspx

StCirq it IS very similar to the one you posted, I guess the photo they used just had a very thin smear of sauce!

I am making this TONIGHT!!!!!

Thanks for everyone's help and for jogging my memory!!!

sap

It sounds like a variation of Bearnaise, with garlic and paprika instead of tarragon and parsley.

pdx

The recipe is interesting (I'd eat it!) in that the measurements are in both american standard tblsp and tsp plus ml and gms. Odd, at least in my experience. I do need to get a scale one of these days.

GiuliaPiraino

Seems like such simple ingredients but the flavor is intense! I should have known it was butter, nothing that tastes that good could be devoid of butter! I'm sure the type of paprika makes a difference. There are so many different types/flavors of paprika it's crazy, the paprika from Budapest tastes so different from the paprika in Istanbul or the variations of smoked paprika from Spain. I'm drooling just thinking of this dish!