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Francesina

by Federico Fusca Chef · 332K subscribers on YouTube

The francesina is a traditional Roman braised beef dish. The meat is first cooked in vegetable broth for 3 hours, then braised with onions and peeled tomatoes. It is served on a bread roll dipped in the sauce and topped with a homemade salsa verde made with pecorino, fennel, and parsley.

Cook
3h 40min
Difficulty
medium

Ingredients

10 items

Method

  1. Take a good piece of beef muscle.
  2. Prepare a vegetable broth and put the meat in it. Cook for 3 hours.
  3. Take the yellow onions and slice them very finely.
  4. Pour them into a pan with olive oil and let them braise.
  5. Take the peeled tomatoes and crush them by hand.
  6. After 3 hours of cooking, the meat is ready. Remove it from the broth and place on a cutting board.
  7. Slice it carefully because it will fall apart.
  8. Place the meat on the bed of yellow onions and let it braise.
  9. Add a pinch of salt and the crushed tomatoes.
  10. Cook for 40 minutes.
  11. Take a bread roll and dip it into the sauce.
  12. Place the meat on the roll.
  13. Prepare the green sauce: mix pecorino, fennel, and parsley.
  14. Add the green sauce on the roll.
Federico Fusca Chef

Federico Fusca Chef

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