Espetada madeira beef cooked on a bayleaf stick

Here we have all the ingredients for a good espetada, a classic Madeira dish.

• Beef

• Bay leaves

• Garlic

• Salt

• Stone bowl (Calhau) to bash salt, garlic & bay leaves

• Board to prepare everything on...

• Spit (even better if a stick of laurel)

• Wood burning grill

Cut the beef into cubes, bash the bay leaves, garlic and salt together and rub into the beef.

Skewer it onto a bay leaf stick and leave it to grill over smoldering wood chips.

Accompany with garlic 'bolo do caco', milho frito, french fries, fresh salad and some wine.