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diff --git a/content/francesinha.md b/content/francesinha.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d2636d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/francesinha.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +title: "Francesinha" +date: 2021-03-21 +tags: ['portuguese', 'beef'] +author: artur-mancha +--- + +Francesinha is a traditional dish from the city of Porto. The francesinha in its special sandwich variation consists of linguiça, ham, cold meat and beef steak, covered with melted cheese. + +## Ingredients + +### Based Ingredients + +- bread +- linguiça (type of Portuguese sausage) +- ham +- Portuguese cheese +- beef meat + +### Sauce Ingredients + +- blonde beer +- fried tomato sauce +- port wine +- beef broth +- salted butter +- onion +- minced garlic +- cornstarch +- olive oil +- piripiri (Portuguese chili) + +## Directions + +### Directions for the sauce + +1. In a big saucepan, heat the olive oil and add the garlic and the onions. Cook them until golden. +2. Pour the beer and simmer until the alcohol evaporates. It's around 5 minutes. +3. Pour the beef broth, the fried tomato sauce, the port wine, the Piripiri and the butter to give shine to the sauce. Add the cornstarch slowly avoiding lumps. Simmer for a couple of minutes until the sauce looks thick. + +### Directions for the Francesinhas + +1. Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) +2. Cook the beef chopped in small strings. Season with salt and black pepper. +3. Cook the linguiças sliced in half lengthwise. +4. Take 4 slices of bread for each Francesinha. Cut the center of two slices to make room for the filling. The other two will be the bottom and top of the francesinhas. +5. Fill the bread with the sausages, the beef and the ham roughly chopped. Cover the francesinhas with the cheese and melt in the oven for 5 minutes. +6. Cover with the sauce and serve with french fries. |