Clay-Pot Stew · Wine-Braised Goat
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It's traditionally baked in a black clay pot inside a wood-fired bread oven, using nothing but old red wine as the cooking liquid — no water or stock at all.
Goat or mutton is slow-cooked for hours in a sealed clay pot submerged in strong local red wine with garlic and bay leaf, until the meat falls apart. Restaurants and village festivals around Miranda do Corvo and Lousã in the Beira region serve it by the portion, often still in its pot.
Why it's made this way: The dish likely began as a way to use bread ovens' leftover heat after the day's baking was done, and cooking tougher cuts for hours in wine broke them down into something tender without needing a stove.
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