Rich Azores Slow Cooked Pot Roast (Alcatra)

Here’s a legendary dish straight from Terceira Island in the Azores: Alcatra, a rich, slow-cooked Portuguese pot roast that’s deeply aromatic and melt-in-your-mouth tender 🇵🇹🔥. Traditionally made in a clay pot, this recipe is all about layering flavors and letting time do the magic.

🧾 Ingredients

3.5 lbs beef blade or chuck roast, cut into large pieces

1 veal shank

5.3 oz pancetta, chopped

1 whole garlic head (top sliced off)

1 medium onion, diced

1 tbsp whole allspice

1 tbsp unsalted butter

1 tbsp pig fat (or substitute with more butter)

1.5 cups red wine

¾ cup water

1 tsp coarse salt