The MEAT LOVER Sandwich: FRANCESINHA Recipe!

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Here's the full Francesinha recipe:
Servings: Four
Time: 40-50 minutes
Special equipment: Hand blender or blender
THE SAUCE:
200g bacon
100g chorizo
1 large onion
3 garlic cloves
2 bay leaf
200 ml olive oil + two tbsp
400g diced tomatoes or tomato sauce from tin
2 small potatoes
1 cube beef stock/bouillon
50 ml port wine
50 ml Madeira sweet wine
100 ml red wine + a splash or two.
½ L blond beer
1 chili of choice
2 tbsp Worcester sauce
Salt
Black pepper
THE FRANCESINHA:
8 slices of ham
28 slices of cheese
12 slices of pepperoni or salami
4 thin slices of veal steak + 1 tbsp fat or butter
8 sausages
12 slices of toast
THE SAUCE:
1) Chop onion and garlic roughly
2) Peel and cut your potatoes in cubes
3) Add red wine, port wine and madeira sweet wine in a bowl. Give a little stir.
4) Heat up a large pot on maximum heat with some two tablespoons of olive oil.
5) When the oil is nice and hot add your chorizo and bacon and fry until the fat has left the meat.
6) Remove the bacon and chorizo from the pot and leave all the fat and oil in the pot. Save your fried chorizo and bacon for another day as for now we only needed the flavor from the fat that's in the pot.
7) Now add the rest of the olive oil (200ml) in the pot and heat it up.
8) Add onion garlic and potatoes in the pot and give it a stir
9) When the onion is turning clear you add the alcohol blend, beer, tomatoes, bay leaves, chili and the beef bouillon cube.
10) Let it simmer on medium heat for 20 minutes
11) Meanwhile, set the oven to 200c and cut the sausages in half.
12) Then prepare the veal steaks with salt and pepper on both sides.
13) Heat a pan on maximum heat and fry the sausage in fat or butter.
14) Transfer the sausages on a plate and fry the veal steaks in the leftover fat on the pan. Make sure to undercook the steak a bit!
15) Remove the steak and let it rest.
16) Now back to the sauce. Remove bay leaves and chili from the pot and grab your hand blender.
17) Blend the sauce to a nice thick consistency and add salt and pepper to your own taste.
18) Add another splash of red wine and give it a stir.
19) Keep the sauce hot on low heat while assembling the Francesinhas.
20) You should place the sandwiches in a dish that can go in the oven.
21) Don't put the sandwiches too close to each other as the cheese melt.
22) When assembling the sandwiches, think of the cheese as the glue. We need a lot of glue. Assemble the Francesinha in the following order:
a) Toast
b) Cheese
c) Ham
d) Sausages
e) Cheese
f) Steak
g) Cheese
h) Toast
i) Cheese
j) Ham
k) Pepperoni
l) Cheese
m) Bread
23) Place the Francesinha sandwiches in the oven for 5-10 minutes (or until the cheese is creamy and melted.
24) When the sandwiches have baked you are ready to place them on the serving plates. Use deep plates.
25) When the Francesinhas are on the serving plate, you cover the sandwiches with the remaining cheese.
26) Finally, you add the creamy hot Francesinha sauce on top and watch the cheese melt as the sauce covers them.
It looks and tastes so delicious!! If you make the recipe send a photo to me on my Instagram @HowsItCooking
Now ENJOY!! You deserve it.

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In Porto we use, SuperBook to make, the real deal, Francesinhas. SuperBook, is N1 selling beer in Portugal, and is made by Unicer, a Porto origin company.

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Congratulations Amalie!! First for the cooking channel and secondly for that insanely good-looking Francesinha sandwich and sauce! I want one so much right now, haha!

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I never wanted to try the francesinha but seeing how it's actually done is making me want to eat that! I like the piece of history before starting. Good job!

[@howsitcooking2478]

You should give it a go! It's fun to make and even more so to eat!

[@MrCoventry1986]

I heard the recipe was created by a man who had recently separated from his parnter, he was feeling down and used what he had around the house to make a sandwich and created the famous portugese sandwich which instantly cheered him up.

[@howsitcooking2478]

@@MrCoventry1986 Haha it could be. it would make sense. History says that it was invented by a chef called Daniel da Silva. He immigrated to France but returned to Alentejo where he was originally from. He created the Francesinha on a restaurant there but because it wasn't well received it didn't become famous until he moved to porto and worked on a restaurant there. :)

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@@howsitcooking2478 still its nice to have a story behind the food 😁 quick question did you visit Caminha when you was both in minho? My partner was born in Viana de castelo but was raised in Caminha. We both live in England but often watch your videos and very much enjoy them. Keep up the good work.

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Thanks so much, Melannie!!

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Great first video Amelia!! It looks delicious and your presentation and pace were excellent.

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Classy cooking ! Love it

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Amei, muito bom as receitas.

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Looks so delicious! Can't wait to try your recipe myself!

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Uma entrada com o pé direito! Very good, Amalie! And loved that you made your own twist to the recipe: it looks delicious. I like it more spicy, too. For God sake we took the spicy to India, we should eat it. 😜 And Joen is a professional taster, too.

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Absolutely incredible, seriously delicious. I’m so wanting to eat that Francesinha. 💯😋💯

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I can’t wait to try this now! 🤩

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It looks so good👏

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i actually subscribed to this channel because of this sandwich were has this been all my diet WOWWWWWWWW

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IT LOOKS GREAT!

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Thanks so much, Maggie! Lots of tasty food is coming up :)

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Awesome video! Can't wait to come to Porto and have my first one. Great idea with the cooking channel. Congrats!

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Finally! We have been waiting for the last couple years. Great Job!

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Thanks 😊

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Well done ✅ watching you mastering it ..makes me try it myself. Lots hugs 🤗

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Love it

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Makes me so happy! Thanks!!

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Congratulations Amelie! 🥳 That francesinha is looking amazing, now I want to go to Porto and eat one 😁

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Thanks so much, Rachel!

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I’m missing Portugal soooo much! ❤️ Super recipe, I will definitely gonna try it for tomorrow’s dinner….. thank you for sharing it, looks really good! Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭 🇵🇹

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Muito bem I love it

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It made me hungry and made me DROOL. Awesome, Thanks again.

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Definitely made me hungry 🤤 xx

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Love

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Thanks for your comment, Fábio! I will definitely cook Madeiran food also! Stay tuned and thanks for subscribing!

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Yes, i would love to know that one too...delicious...

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Love your Recipe on this dish. I'm more of a Italian Cook and Latin etc. First time I ever ate Franchesina Portuguese restaurant and I was hooked. Now would I eat this twice a week? Lol That's a emergency room visit lol. Twice a year. Love This Recipe. ❤

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I never tryed francezinha, it looks very interesting. Bom apetite.

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The best from the best keep it going

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Thank you so much 😍

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Good too

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It was super bock over coral for me. The next time I visit Funchal I will be coming to your restaurant.

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Your version of the Francesinha looks very delicious! Missing the sunny side up egg on top though. 👍🏼 subscribed

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Congratulations Amelie!! Xx

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Thanks, Catia!!

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I hope this will make more foreigners and prospect tourists to Portugal became interested in the Francesinha and portuguese food in general.

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❤️

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Now I want to eat one 🤤

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soo yummy

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👏👏👏👏👏well done. Looking forward to the next recipe👍😋 please be careful with the hand blender in your enameled pot😉

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Very nice video! 😊

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All 11:22 completed. ✔️

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Thank you :)

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Very good, Amalia! I am drooling too and I love these recepies. Worcester sauce is pronounced Wusta... In Porto they sometimes add a fried egg on top

[@howsitcooking2478]

I know. But I simply can’t say it. Joen always makes fun of me 😂

[@helenaferreira7003]

Amalie, great job with the video. You are very natural and I like the little jokes. Lol I prefer Francesinhas with more rustic bread but that one looked amazing. Will try for sure. Thanks and best of luck. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@howsitcooking2478]

Thanks 🙏 yeah I know a lot of people also use the thicker slices of bread. I like the thin ones 😅

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Oh wow looks very nice!! Can I order 2 please?🙂

[@howsitcooking2478]

Haha. You can make them. It's easy actually. But thank you so much

[@alimashmihar1129]

Look forward to learning how to make Portuguese food with a twist. My partner had a francesinha last week here in Cape Town. He wants to know where's the egg

[@howsitcooking2478]

Thank you! Well I dont east it with an egg. for me its just too much. But you can totally eat it with a nice sunny side up egg.

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OMG i love it mmmmm im gonna get one soon hopefully lol also super bock rocks

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Nice

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:D I didn't expect so many kinds of meat. This is something for my husband for sure. Haha

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Interesting to see your personal twists! Love it 😊. Looks delicious 😉 You need a Vorwerck sponsorship. It will make your life way easy...the Francesinha sauce goes autonomous 🤩

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Thanks, Helga! What is Vorwerck, haha?

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@@howsitcooking2478 Vorwerk is the company that makes the cooking robot "Thermomix" or as they say in Portugal "bimby"

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Francesinhas have always come across as being quite rich and stodgy, but after watching Amalie’s culinary wizardry, I think I’ve been converted!

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Very nice sister

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💯

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Starving!

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yep, very happy to see you there ! not for the francesinhas because they are very bad for my body but expecting what comes next ; maybe your danish mixte with the portuguese, it will be very interesting because portuguese food almost the times is very bad for your health!!

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Good

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Finally 👌🏻😍

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For the algorithm 😍

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Haha, thanks so much!

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❤️

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Looks great. You should consider opening a restaurant.

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That has always been a dream of mine! Maybe one day :-)

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I have re watched all your cooking videos and I am currently renovating my kitchen and its killing me!!! All I want to do is make everything!!!!! But I have no sink, no counter, no fridge lol. Still a month till I'll be able to get my hands dirty in the kitchen and our taste buds satisfied with these yummy meals!

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Hi Sammy. Thank you so much 😊 oh not having a kitchen can be torture. I Remember when we moved to Lisbon we could use the kitchen for fifteen day and I was getting depressed 😅😅 but your suffering is real. How long have you been without it!

[@JenShea]

Fantastic video Amalie. I don’t eat red meat, at all… so I’ll never try this dish, however I’m very impressed! I did think that they have an egg as well.

[@howsitcooking2478]

The egg is optional and I guess most people love it but for me personally it’s just too much 😅 joen on the other hand loved it with a soft fried egg on top

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Super Bock it's the only thing we drink here!!! I've tried many francesinhas in my life but potatoes in the sauce its not a thing... All the rest looks just great, would love to try it!!!

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Very difficult to find this new YT channel! :)

[@howsitcooking2478]

Yes its always a little tricky in the beginning. The algorithm doesn't really know my channel yet. Hopefully it will be easier soon!

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This looks incredible Amelie!! This video has made me realise one thing. If there’s something Madeira is missing….besides me 😋 It’s the Stay Classy restaurant. Amelie being head chef in the kitchen and Joen front of house greeting everyone. 👍🏻😁

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Haha. Hopefully one day Madeira will have both ❤️

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Maybe Joen as chef sommelier?