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COVILHETE OF VILA REAL

Covilhete of Vila Real is a meat pastry, weighing approximately 50g to 60g, filled with a mince made mostly from stewed beef. The covilhete has a truncated cone shape made with puff pastry, which is topped with puff pastry with the characteristic helical curl of this product. The pastry is crispy and crunchy, and the filling is soft and grainy, where you can see the pieces of minced meat that may be bound by a slightly thick cream resulting from the mixture of fats and flour. The smell of the puff pastry contrasts slightly with the aromas of the filling. Its flavor comes from the mixture of the puff pastry and the filling, where the characteristic flavors of garlic and onion, fat and meat, with a light touch of parsley.

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CARNE MIRANDESA - DOP

Very tasty and succulent meat, with a firm consistency and slightly moist, obtained from animals of the Mirandesa Breed raised in its original manor. The color ranges from light pink to light red, with white fat evenly distributed, with moderate intramuscular distribution in the steer. The muscle is fine-grained, with a firm, slightly moist consistency. It comes from Mirandesa breed cattle that have great bulk, with a brown color that darkens towards the ends. On the head, the protruding mottle stands out, covered with a tuft of golden hairs. Two parts of these carcasses that are protected by the Denomination of Origin have a particular reputation: the Posta and the Rodião, which can only be designated as “Mirandeses” if all legal rules and requirements are complied with.

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CARNE MARINHOA - DOP

Very tender, succulent meat obtained from the Marinhoa breed of cattle, which is characterised by its corpulence and long muzzle. The colour of Marinhoa meat varies from pale pink in veal to dark red in beef; it has a firm consistency, and is slightly moist and therefore succulent. The colour of the fat also varies between white and yellowish, depending on the age of the animal. The meat is sold as follows: — Veal — carcasses or cuts from animals slaughtered up to the age of 8 months. Carcass weight between 70 kg and 180 kg. — Beef — carcasses or cuts from animals slaughtered between 8 and 12 months of age. Carcass weight up to 240 kg. — Male or female bovine animal — carcasses or cuts from males or females slaughtered between the age of 12 and 30 months. Carcass weight of over 180 kg. — Cow — carcasses or cuts from female animals over the age of 30 months. Carcass weight of over 220 kg. — Bull — carcass or pieces from male animals over the age of 30 months. Carcass weight up to 220 kg.

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