Francesinha is a Portuguese sandwich, originally from Porto, made with layers of toasted bread and assorted hot meats such as roast, steak, wet-cured ham, linguica, or chipolata, over which sliced cheese is melted by ladling a near-boiling tomato-and-beer sauce called molho de francesinha. It is typically served with fried potato chips.
Facts
Origin Period, From (Year) Origin Region Classification
Dietary SuitabilityContains Meat or Poultry 1 Connections
In Cuisine
Source Francesinha - Wikipedia
Uses Ingredient
Source Francesinha - Wikipedia
Source Francesinha - Wikipedia
Source Francesinha - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, originated there.
Sources
1. Francesinha - Wikipedia
History, first paragraph
In 1953, he introduced a sandwich with local meats and a custom beer-and-tomato sauce at A Regaleira, a restaurant in Rua do Bonjardim in Porto.
History, second sentence
In 1953, he introduced a sandwich with local meats and a custom beer-and-tomato sauce at A Regaleira, a restaurant in Rua do Bonjardim in Porto.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesinha (dietary-suitability)
Francesinha is a Portuguese sandwich, originally from Porto, made with layers of toasted bread and assorted hot meats such as roast, steak, wet-cured ham, linguiça, or chipolata, over which sliced cheese is melted by the ladling of a near-boiling tomato-and-beer sauce called molho de francesinha.
- Uses Ingredient: Tomato, Infobox main_ingredient field: bread, ham, lingui?a, fresh sausage (chipolata), steak or roast meat, cheese, spiced tomato-and-beer sauce
- Uses Ingredient: Cheese, Infobox main_ingredient field: bread, ham, lingui?a, fresh sausage (chipolata), steak or roast meat, cheese, spiced tomato-and-beer sauce
- Uses Ingredient: Ham, Infobox main_ingredient field: bread, ham, lingui?a, fresh sausage (chipolata), steak or roast meat, cheese, spiced tomato-and-beer sauce
In Cuisine: Portuguese Cuisine, lead paragraph
Francesinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃sɨˈziɲɐ], meaning little French girl or little French woman) is a Portuguese sandwich, originally from Porto, made with layers of toasted bread and assorted hot meats such as roast, steak, wet-cured ham, linguiça, or chipolata, over which sliced cheese is melted by the ladling of a near-boiling tomato-and-beer sauce called molho de fr
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