Dinner · 50 min · portuguese

Francesinha

Thick bread does the heavy lifting here, with beef steak rounding it out. A Portuguese dinner that takes 50 minutes, start to finish. The macros do the talking: 104g protein, 45g carbs, and 67g fat in every 1202-calorie serving. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 4 slices Thick bread
• 1/2 lb Beef steak
• 1/2 lb Fresh sausage
• 4 slices Cooked ham
• 8 slices Mozzarella
• 1 cup Beer
• 1 cup Tomato sauce
• 1 cup Beef stock
• 2 Eggs

Steps

1. Toast the bread and layer it: steak, sausage, ham, then more bread — a sandwich built like architecture.
2. Drape every surface with cheese, tucking it around the sides; no bread should show.
3. Simmer the beer, tomato sauce, stock, and a spoonful of mustard into a spicy, complex sauce; it should coat a spoon.
4. Ladle the bubbling sauce over the sandwich until the cheese melts into it.
5. Bake at 425 degrees 10 minutes until the top is bronzed and bubbling.
6. Crown with a fried egg and serve with fries; the francesinha is a commitment, not a snack.

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