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| Alternative names | Francesinha |
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| Type | Sandwich |
| Place of origin | Portugal |
| Region or state | Póvoa de Varzim |
| Main ingredients | Bread (Pão Cacete orPão de Francesinha),linguiça,fiambre,cheese,mustard |
Francesinha poveira, or simplyfrancesinha regionally, is a fast food dish fromPóvoa de Varzim inPortugal. It resembles a hot dog only in shape, but thesandwich is made oflinguiça (somewhat similar to a sausage), fiambre (a kind of ham),cheese andmustard inpão cacete orpão de francesinha, a type of bread that could be described as midway between abaguette and ahot dog bun.[1]
Francesinha poveira is the fast food variety of thefrancesinha dish that appeared in 1962 in café Guarda-Sol inPasseio Alegre beach square in Póvoa de Varzim. Opened since June 1922, Guarda-Sol is the oldestcafé-bar of Póvoa, and also the first beach bar in Portugal.[2]
Francesinha poveira is based on the recipe from the original from Porto. As a curiosity, the Portuan variety was created by Povoan Daniel Silva. The Povoan variety appeared from the initiative of the manager, Alberto Moreira, to develop and promote a new distinctive product. To achieve that, he went toLisbon to find the right person for the job and hired António Carriço, originally fromFundão. António had the initiative to ask the baker that supplied Guarda-Sol to create a kind of bread that should be like a small baguette, soft and tasty. With this idea the "francesinha bread" (pão de francesinha) appeared.[3]
Francesinha is filled with a specific gravy made from withbutter,margarine,tomato paste,piri piri and seasonings likewhite pepper, garlic andpaprika, withcognac,brandy,port wine orwhisky.[4]
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