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PORTUGUESE NATIONAL DISH
Francesinha (meaning (little) Frenchie in Portuguese) is a Portuguese sandwich originally from Porto, made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roast meat, and covered with melted cheese and a hot and thick spiced tomato and beer sauce. It is typically served with french fries.
Daniel da Silva, a returned emigrant from France and Belgium, tried to adapt the croque-monsieur to the Portuguese taste when he moved to Porto. He first made the sandwich with local meats and his special sauce in 1953 at 'A Regaleira', a restaurant in Rua do Bonjardim, Porto; the francesinha quickly became a very popular dish and deeply associated with the city, although it can sometimes be found elsewhere in Portugal. A classic francesinha meal would include the sandwich, surrounded on a bed of chips doused in the famous sauce, and complemented with a fino, a draught beer.
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There is no standard recipe for the francesinha. Different restaurants in Portugal have special variations, such as:
- Café Barcarola (Porto): Francesinha à Barcarola - A Francesinha Especial with prawns and shrimp;
- Café Ábaco (Porto): Francesinha de carne assada - A Francesinha Especial with roast pork;
- A Cascata (Porto): Francesinha à Cascata - A Francesinha Especial with mushrooms and cream;
- Restaurante Cunha (Porto): Francesinha à Cunha - Extremely large Francesinha.
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