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Porilainen, a Finnish sandwich with sausage

Porilainen, Finnish sausage sandwich

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The Pori city snack: a thick slice of grilled sausage sandwiched between two slices of grilled bread, with onions, cucumber salad, mustard, ketchup, and r…

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Recipe from Usp, Tigru, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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A porilainen is a traditional Finnish sandwich consisting of grilled bread, sausage (such as Metsästäjä – “hunter” sausage, or onion sausage), and fresh vegetables. You can use various types of sausage, such as Metsästäjä, sausage with onions, or Saturday sausage.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time5 min
  • Total15 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying pan, grill
  • Estimated cost$9.51 $2.38 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $2.01
  • $0.21
  • $0.79
  • $0.11
  • $0.12
  • $3.35
  • $0.79
  • $2.13

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash and chop the vegetables, and separate the lettuce leaves. ≈ 8 min
  2. Grill the sausage slice in a frying pan or on the grill.
  3. Toast the bread.
  4. Assemble the sandwich: bread, sauces, sausage, onion, cucumber salad, vegetables, and cheese, then close it up. ≈ 10 min

The bill

Porilainen, Finnish sausage sandwich

  • 1 thick sausage (such as Metsästäjä) per person, approximately 1 cm thick$2.01
  • Chopped onion$0.21
  • Sweet and sour cucumber salad$0.79
  • mustard$0.11
  • Ketchup$0.12
  • Tomato rings$3.35
  • Cucumber or pickle rings$0.79
  • Bell pepper strings$2.13

Total$9.51

that's $2.38 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 slices of bread per person
  • 1 thick sausage (such as Metsästäjä) per person, approximately 1 cm thick
  • Chopped onion
  • Sweet and sour cucumber salad
  • mustard
  • Ketchup
  • Tomato rings
  • Cucumber or pickle rings
  • Bell pepper strings
  • Lettuce leaves
  • mayonnaise and other flavored sauces
  • Sliced cheese (optional)

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