Bauru is a popular Brazil

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ian sandwich

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. The traditional recipe calls for cheese

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 (usually mozzarella

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) melted in a bain-marie

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, slices of roast beef

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, tomato

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 and pickled cucumber

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 in a French bun with the crumb (the soft inner part) removed.

The Bauru has a fairly well documented history. In 1934, a student at the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco

Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo

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, Casemiro Pinto Neto (known as Bauru for coming from that city

Bauru

Bauru is a Brazilian city and municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is also the capital of the micro-region of Bauru...

), entered Ponto Chic, a traditional eatery and student hangout, and asked the cook to prepare a sandwich from his specifications. "Bauru's Sandwich" was an immediate hit, and eventually became the best-selling dish at the place.

Many other eateries, though, offer sandwiches named Bauru with different combinations of ingredients -- for instance, using sliced ham

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 instead of roast beef or sliced bread instead of French bread. The city of Bauru

Bauru

Bauru is a Brazilian city and municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is also the capital of the micro-region of Bauru...

 eventually named the traditional Bauru as the city's official sandwich, codifying the recipe in a municipal law and instituting an official certification

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program.