Portuguese · Main
Francesinha
- Advanced
- 1 h 30 m
- roughly 3 of 4 for cost
Leads with richness that coats and comforts, char used as punctuation.
Ingredients
- Per sandwich: 2 slices soft white bread, 1 fresh sausage, 1 linguiça, 1 thin steak, 2 slices ham
- 4 slices melting cheese to shroud it entirely
- Sauce: 300ml beer, 200ml tomato passata, 1 tbsp piri-piri, 30ml port, beef stock, butter, flour
- 1 egg on top (a la Francesinha moderna); fries around the moat
- A nap scheduled for afterward
Equipment
Grill
The words inside
Beer at the Table & the Carbonation Advantage
Allergen screen
Found: gluten · dairy · egg · alcohol
Screened for: gluten, dairy, egg, nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, molluscs, soy, sesame, celery, mustard, lupin, alcohol. Not screened: sulphites.
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Method
- Cook the meats; build the tower: bread, steak, sausages, ham, bread.
- Shroud the whole sandwich in cheese slices like a blanket.
- Grill or bake until the cheese melts into a seamless coat; crown with a fried egg.
- Boil the sauce ingredients 15 min to a spicy beer-tomato velvet; pour over EVERYTHING at the table; fries into the moat. 15 min
At the Table
- The Pour
- Cabernet Sauvignon or Malbec
- Also Right
- Tempranillo (Rioja Reserva)
- From the Taps
- Amber ale
- Zero-Proof
- Sparkling water, make room
Tannin binds to seared protein and fat: each bite softens the wine, each sip resets the palate: the steakhouse equation.
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