Francesinha
Thick bread does the heavy lifting here, with beef steak rounding it out. A Portuguese dinner that takes 50 minutes, start to finish.
✓ USDA-verified nutrition data
1202 calories
104g protein
45g carbs
67g fat
3g fiber
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
- Toast the bread and layer it: steak, sausage, ham, then more bread — a sandwich built like architecture.
- Drape every surface with cheese, tucking it around the sides; no bread should show.
- Simmer the beer, tomato sauce, stock, and a spoonful of mustard into a spicy, complex sauce; it should coat a spoon.
- Ladle the bubbling sauce over the sandwich until the cheese melts into it.
- Bake at 425 degrees 10 minutes until the top is bronzed and bubbling.
- Crown with a fried egg and serve with fries; the francesinha is a commitment, not a snack.