Francesina - Royal Sandwich For Champions

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

Francesina is one of the most original dishes of Portuguese cuisine. It is also called a champion sandwich. Wondering why? Well, because it contains an awful lot of food and is extremely nutritious. Needless to say, how delicious it actually is. No matter that it is a sandwich, it deserves the attention of chefs.

Francesin consists of two large slices of bread, between them steak, sausages, bacon, salami, and on top - melted cheese, finally topped with sauce. The sauce is based on broth, vegetables, beer, tomatoes, chili, port. Characteristic of this sandwich is that it is served with french fries.

Frenchwoman in Portuguese it means Frenchwoman. This is a typical dish for Portugal. We imagine the French women to be refined, small, thin, but there is nothing small in the sandwich, on the contrary - it is big, nutritious and sumptuous.

The sandwich was invented in Portugal in the 1950s by a Portuguese chef who worked in France. It is believed that the Portuguese chef was inspired by the sandwich typical of France Croc Monsieur. Returning to his native Portugal, the chef caused a real sensation in the restaurant where he works, presenting his Frenchwoman. And so the French have their Croc Monsieur, and the Portuguese - Francesina.

Recipe for Francesina

So for two sandwiches for champions we need:

6 slices large bread, 10 slices of cheese, 2 pcs. pork chops, 2 raw sausages, 1 smoked sausage or slices of salami, 1 slice of ham

For the sauce:

1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 bay leaf, 50 g butter, 50 g sliced bacon, 4 tbsp. tomato puree, 1 tsp. beer, 1 tsp. wine, 1 tsp. broth, 2 tbsp. corn flour, 50 ml port, 50 ml brandy, cayenne pepper

Method of preparation: Toast the bread in a pan with a little oil. We take them out and bake the cutlets and raw sausages in the same pan. Bake until ready. Cut the ham and sausages into chunks. Fry in a little butter onion, finely chopped, along with garlic, whole slices of bacon and bay leaf. We put the tomato puree and beer.

Boil on low heat for 15 minutes. Add the wine, red pepper. Boil for 3 minutes. Remove the bay leaf and bacon, grind the sauce into a fine puree. Add flour diluted in a little water to the sauce. Pour port and cognac. Return to the stove and simmer for a few minutes. Return the chopped bacon to the sauce and remove from the heat.

Assemble the sandwiches by placing a cutlet and pieces of smoked sausage between two slices, cover with bread, roasted sausages and ham on top. Then bread again. On top of each sandwich put 5 slices of cheese, preferably yellow cheese, to wrap it on all sides.

Bake the sandwiches in an oven at 200 degrees in a pan lined with baking paper. Pour the sauce over the finished sandwiches after placing them on a plate. Serve with french fries.