Bauru sandwich

Name: Bauru sandwich
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: 2 Brazilian bread rolls; 150 g mozzarella, sliced; 1 l water, for the double boiler; 160 g roast beef, thinly sliced; 1 tomato, thinly sliced; 2 pickles, sliced; 1 pinch oregano; 1 pinch salt

The São Paulo sandwich of crusty roll with roast beef, cheese melted in a double boiler, tomato and pickles.

Time: 20 min
Difficulty: Easy
Per serving: R$11.00
Servings: 2 servings

Open bauru sandwich showing roast beef, tomato, pickles and melted cheese

Illustrative image

Ingredients

for 2 servings

2Brazilian bread rolls
150 gmozzarellasliced
1 lwaterfor the double boiler
160 groast beefthinly sliced
REGIONAL SWAP
No roast beef?
160 g of cooked ham; the snack bar version, milder
Changes the flavor a little
1tomatothinly sliced
2picklessliced
1 pinchoregano
1 pinchsalt

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The bauru was invented in 1934 by a law student nicknamed Bauru, at a snack bar in downtown São Paulo. The cheese melted in a double boiler is its trademark.

Method

1
- Boil the water in a small pot.
- Put the mozzarella in a metal bowl over the pot, not touching the water, and stir for about 5 minutes until it melts into a cream.
Split the rolls, pull out some of the crumb and toast them cut side down in a pan for 1 minute.
Warm the roast beef in the pan for 30 seconds, just to take the chill off.
4
- Build the sandwich with the roast beef, the tomato slices seasoned with salt and oregano, the pickles and the melted cheese on top.
- Close and serve.

Tips

The double boiler keeps the cheese smooth and creamy, without the grease you get in a pan. Pulling out some crumb helps the filling fit.

Brazil · São Paulo · per serving

Nutrients per serving

Calories

9 kcal

Protein

1 g

23% of kcal

Carbohydrate

2 g

67% of kcal

Fat

0 g

10% of kcal · fiber 1 g

Where the calories come from

protein23%
carbohydrate67%
fat10%

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Nutrients of each food, per serving
Food	Qty.	kcal	Prot.	Share of calories
water	500 g	0	0 g	0%
tomato	62 g	9	0.7 g	100%

Calculated with 2 of 8 ingredients. No data for: Brazilian bread rolls, mozzarella, roast beef, pickles, oregano, salt.

Source: editorial estimate and TACO (Unicamp). Approximate values. Not medical or nutritional advice.

Bauru sandwich

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