Tradition from Porto – Francesinha
Ingredients
Sandwich:
- 2 slices of freshly baked bread
- 6 slices of ham
- 4 slices of American cheese or other not very intense
- 1 grilled sausage
- 1 slice of roast beef (or red meat that’s been roasted)
Both the sausage and meat should be cooked, or reheated, before making the sandwich
Sauce: (conversion chart for the USA here)
- 50cl beer
- 25cl demi-glace sauce
- 25cl seafood sauce
- 20cl ketchup
- 10cl lemon juice
- 5cl milk
- 2cl Dry White Port
- tbsp cornstarch
- chilli flakes
- salt (if needed)
- bay leaves
Directions
Sauce:
- Dissolve cornstarch into the milk and add all the ingredients (except bay leaves). Blend the liquid mix in a food processor.
- Add the liquid into a pan over low heat and add bay leaves . Stir it until it starts to boil. Now, it’s ready
- Reserve to the side until later.
Sandwich:
- Assemble the sandwich, save 2 slices of cheese.
- Put the sandwich on a plate and place the 2 slices of cheese on top.
- Pour the sauce over the sandwich (should be hot, so the cheese melts)
*Photo credit Nelson Rocha, thanks!!
Ingredients
Sandwich:
• 2 slices of pan loaf bread
• 6 slices of ham
• 4 slices of cheese
• 1 grilled sausage
• 1 roasted slice of beef
• Both the sausage and the beef should be cooked or reheated before assembling the sandwich
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Sauce:
• 50cl beer
• 25cl demi-glace sauce
• 25cl seafood sauce
• 20 ketchup
• 10cl lemon juice
• 5cl milk
• 2cl Dry White Porttbsp cornstarch
• chilli flakes
• salt (if needed)
Directions
1. Sauce:
2. Dissolve cornstarch into the milk and add all the ingredients. Blend the liquid mix on a food processor.
3. Put it into a pan over low heat and add the bay leaves . Stir it until it starts to boil. It’s ready – reserve.
4. Sandwich:
5. Assemble the sandwich and save 2 slices of cheese.
6. Put the sandwich on a plate and place the 2 slices of cheese on top.
7. Pour the sauce over the sandwich (should be hot, so the cheese melts)