A bakery and seven restaurants in Vendas Novas, in the Évora district, will attempt to make the “world’s largest bifana” on September 7, measuring 15 metres in length, the city council revealed.
The initiative, promoted by the municipality, in collaboration with the bakery and the seven rotisseries, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on September 7, the date on which the municipality of Vendas Novas celebrates its 62nd anniversary.
“The organizers hope to prepare a 15-meter-long steak, reaching a new milestone in the history of this gastronomic icon,” the municipality said in a statement.
But, he stressed, “this feat is more than a record attempt. It is a celebration of the unity and community spirit of Vendas Novas.”
The attempt to make the “largest Bifana in the world”, within the framework of the Municipal Festivals, will involve the Panificadora Central de Vendas Novaswhich will provide bread designed and produced for this purpose by the company itself.
The chamber said that “about 50 kilos of flour will be used to make this bread, which will be produced by three bakers.”
The filling of this mega steak will be carried out by the establishments Bifanas & Companhia, Bifanas do Patrão, O Canto das Bifanas, A Chaminé, Mercado das Bifanas, Rulote O Menino de Ouro and O Silva.
“Each of the seven participating grillers will contribute their own recipe”The municipality said, estimating that “a total of about 32 kilos of pork loin” will be used.
In the end, “the bread will have the unique flavour of the combination of all of them, without individualism, where each contribution merges into one,” he argued.
“This giant bifana will be the result of a truly collective effort, symbolising the strength of a community that unites around a shared goal: to consolidate Vendas Novas as the Capital of the Bifana,” the municipality stressed.
According to the municipality, the public will be able to witness and taste this attempt to create the “world’s largest bifana” for free.which will take place at the festival grounds.
That same day, among other events, the “Steak King and Queen” contest will also take place, in which the male and female participant who manages to “eat the most steaks in 10 minutes” will be crowned, and a show cooking in which chef Fábio Bernardino will reinterpret the traditional Vendas Novas bifana.
The celebrations for the 62nd anniversary of the municipality of Vendas Novas will take place between 6 and 8 September and will also feature music, with Jorge Palma, Carlão and Ricardo Ribeiro as headliners, folklore, singing, dancing, DJs, hiking, mountain biking, motorbike rides, sports classes, bullfighting, taverns, crafts, local products and children’s entertainment.
Source: Observadora
