Portuguese traditional Food

Francesinha

Francesinha (meaning Little Frenchie or simply Frenchie in Portuguese) is a Portuguese sandwich originally from Porto, made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roast meat, and covered with melted cheese and a hot and thick spiced tomato and beer sauce. It is typically served with french fries.

  Meal: Meat

  Degree of Difficulty: Easy

  Budget Meal Cost

  Keyword: potato, steak, cheese, meat recipes, easy recipes, quick recipes

  Preparation Time: 45 Minutes

  Cooking Time: 45 Minutes

  Doses 1 People

INGREDIENTS

3 slices of bread

4 slices of cheese

1 small beef steaks

1 fresh sausages

1 sausages

1 slices of ham

Salt and pepper q.s.

For the sauce;

0.50 onion

2 dl of beer

1.50 tablespoons of tomato pulp

0.25 dl of brandy

0.25 dl of Port Wine

0.50 tablespoon of margarine

0.50 tablespoon cornstarch

0.50 bouillon cube

0.50 bay leaf

Milk q.s.

Salt and spicy q.s.

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

To start this recipe, prepare the sauce: peel the onion, chop it coarsely, pour into a saucepan, add the margarine and the bay leaf, bring to the heat and cook until golden brown. Add the tomato pulp, the broth and the beer and bring to a boil. Dissolve the cornstarch in a little milk and add to the pan, in wire and stirring constantly. Rectify the salt, season with spicy, stir, add the brandy and Port wine and bring to a boil. Go through the net dowel and return to low heat to warm up.

Cut the sausages in half, then again in half in the lengthwise direction and season them with salt and pepper. Also cut the sausages in the same way. Also season the steaks with salt and pepper. Grill the steaks, sausages and sausage to taste.

Lightly toast the slices of bread and distribute two slices over two plates. Cover with a slice of ham, then add the steak and place another slice of bread. Then add the sausage and sausage, cover with a slice of cheese and the rest of the bread. Then add three slices of cheese on top of each set, bake at 200 ° C until melted, remove and serve hot drizzled with the sauce.