Francesinha
Porto's gloriously excessive sandwich: steak, ham, sausage and cheese stacked in bread, drowned in a hot beer-tomato sauce, usually under a fried egg with fries.
What it is
Porto's gloriously excessive sandwich: steak, ham, sausage and cheese stacked in bread, drowned in a hot beer-tomato sauce, usually under a fried egg with fries. Ingredients: thick bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça sausage, fresh sausage, steak, many slices of cheese, eggs, fries; sauce: beer, tomato, piri-piri, bay, stock, a spirit splash. Recipe: 1) Simmer the sauce until rich and spicy. 2) Grill the meats. 3) Stack bread, ham, sausages, steak and bread; cloak entirely in cheese. 4) Bake until the cheese melts down the sides; top with a fried egg and ladle sauce over everything. Serve: with fries to chase the sauce, and no plans afterwards. Flavor: meaty, cheesy, beer-tangy, gloriously much. History: created in Porto in the 1950s-60s (Daniel da Silva's Regaleira is usually credited), inspired by the French croque-monsieur a returning emigrant had eaten. See also: Bacalhau à Brás, Pastéis de Nata.
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