Portuguese-Style Beef Stew (Alcatra)

Name: Portuguese-Style Beef Stew (Alcatra)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Spanish & Portuguese
Ingredients: 3 pounds boneless long-cut, beef shanks; , Salt and pepper; 5 , garlic cloves, peeled and smashed; 5 , allspice berries; 4 , bay leaves; 1 1/2 teaspons, peppercorns; 2 , large onions, halved and sliced; 2 1/4 cups, dry white wine; 1/4 teaspoon ground, cinnamon; 8 ounces, Spanish-style chorizo sausage, cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2016, America's Test Kitchen TV

This meaty, clean-tasting Portuguese version of beef stew, called alcatra, requires mere minutes of hands-on work.

SERVES6

TIME4½ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Alcatra, a classic and simple Portuguese beef stew, features tender chunks of beef braised with onions, garlic, warm spices, and wine. Unlike beef stews that require searing the beef to build savory flavor or adding flavor boosters like tom...

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