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Francesinha
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Francesinha

Porto's famous stacked sandwich with meat, sausage, cheese and a spicy beer-tomato sauce. Rich, unapologetic and ready for home cooking.

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45 min total
2 servings
Easy

Ingredients

servings
Units

  • Sandwich

    • 4 skiver Thick white toast bread
    • 2 stk Thin steaks
    • 4 skiver Cooked ham
    • 2 stk Sausages (grilling sausage or chorizo)
    • 5.3 oz Cheese, sliced (mild cheddar or Edam)

  • Sauce

    • about 0.8 cup Beer (lager)
    • about 0.8 cup Tomato passata
    • about 0.4 cup Beef stock
    • 1 tbsp Piri piri sauce (or chilli sauce)
    • 1 fed Garlic clove, crushed
    • 1 tbsp Butter

Instructions

  1. 1

    Make the sauce

    1. Sauté garlic in butter. Add beer, passata, stock and piri piri. Simmer for 10 minutes until slightly reduced.
    10 min
    Pot
  2. 2

    Cook meat and assemble

    1. Fry steaks and sausages. Layer ham, steak and sausage between two slices of bread. Cover the whole sandwich with cheese.
    2. Place under the grill or in the oven at 220 °C until the cheese is melted and golden. Pour hot sauce over.
    10 min
    PanOven

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Restrictions

  • Contains Gluten
  • Contains milk

Storage

Fresh

  • • Duration: 1 days
  • • Temperature: 5°C
  • • Method: Best freshly made. Sauce can be stored separately in the fridge.

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